Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald

Judge Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald

Personal

Birthday:

1942

Birthplace:

St. Paul, MN

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Staff attorney, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1966-1968
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1969-1979
Faculty, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, 1970, 1975-1977, 1993-
Visiting professor, St. Mary`s Law School, 1991-1993
Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, 1993-1999; president, 1997-1999
Judge, Iran-United States Claim Tribunal, The Hague, 2001-

Education

Name of School:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1966

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Court Name:

Texas Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/11/1979

Termination Date:

8/14/1988

Termination Reason:

Resignation