Kathleen Anne Marshall (born 4 June 1953) is a British

solicitor A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...

and legal scholar, specialising in child law. From 1989 to 1994, she was director of the Scottish Child Law Centre. From 2004 to 2009, she was

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. She has been involved in a number of

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into

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: she chaired the Edinburgh Inquiry into Abuse and Protection of Children in Care (report produced in 1999) and she chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Northern Ireland (report produced in 2014).

Early life and education

Marshall was born on 4 June 1953. She studied law at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1973.

Career

After graduating from university in 1973, Marshall became a legal apprentice. After qualifying as a

, she worked for the

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(IE Glasgow City Council) and then for Glasgow DC. She then took a break from her career to have children, and was a full-time mother between 1977 and 1989. In 2004 she became the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland. In September 2008, she announced that she would not be seeking reappointment.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Kathleen 1953 births Living people Children and Young People's Commissioners in Scotland British solicitors Academics of the University of Glasgow British legal scholars Alumni of the University of Glasgow