Olga Sánchez Cordero

Olga Sánchez Cordero at the presentation of her book “Nuevas Figuras Jurídicas en el Derecho Mexicano” at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City.

Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila de García Villegas (born 1955) is a Mexican jurist who has been a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN)[1] since January 1995.

Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She was appointed Minister (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court by the Senate on January 26, 1995.

Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She is the ninth woman to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.

References

  1. ↑ Dillon, Sam (25 August 2000). "Mexico Court Makes History By Siding With Congress". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2011.


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