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Listed as top lawyer in U.K.

London: An Indian-origin woman, who heads a prominent human rights organisation in Britain, has been listed among the top 10 most powerful lawyers in the country.

The list of 100 most powerful lawyers, produced by The Times on Tuesday, listed at number 9 Shami Chakrabarti, Director of the human rights organisation ‘Liberty.’

The only other Asian lawyer on the list of 100 is Imran Khan, a prominent human rights lawyer.

“One of the most prominent commentators seen and heard in the broadcast media, the Director of Liberty is a fluent and highly persuasive voice in the civil liberties debate,” The Times wrote of Ms. Chakrabarti.

“Chakrabarti, 39, is no rent-a-quote: her responses can be counter-intuitive and she defends the government or the police, for instance, where she believes them [to be] right,” it said.

A barrister and bencher of Middle Temple, Ms. Chakrabarti worked as a lawyer in the Home Office between 1996 and 2001, before joining Liberty. — PTI

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