Claire Palley

Claire Palley, OBE
Claire Palley, OBE
Born	17 February 1931; Union of South Africa
Education	Durban Girls' College
Alma mater	University of Cape Town; University of London;
Awards	OBE
	Scientific career
Fields	Constitutional and human rights law
Institutions	Queen's University Belfast; University of Kent; St Anne's College, Oxford;

Claire Dorothea Taylor Palley (born 17 February 1931) is a South African academic and lawyer who specialises in constitutional and human rights law. She was the first woman to hold a Chair in Law at a United Kingdom university when she was appointed at Queen's University Belfast in 1970.

Claire Palley, OBE
Born	(1931-02-17) 17 February 1931 Union of South Africa
Education	Durban Girls' College
Alma mater	University of Cape Town University of London
Awards	OBE
Scientific career
Fields	Constitutional and human rights law
Institutions	Queen's University Belfast University of Kent St Anne's College, Oxford