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==Legal career==
Judge Judge was [[called to the bar]] ([[Middle Temple]]) in 1963 and became a [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] in 1976 and [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1979.<ref name="lcj" /> From 1980 to 1986, he served on the Professional Conduct Committee of the [[General Council of the Bar|Bar Council]]. In 1987, he was elected Leader of the Midland Circuit. On 10 October 1988, Judge was appointed a Justice of the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51500 |page=11473 |date=13 October 1988}}</ref> assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]], and awarded the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].<ref name="lcj" /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51565 |date=20 December 1988 |page=14252}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Lord Justice of Appeal]], a judge of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]], on 4 June 1996,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54419 |page=7803 |date=7 June 1996}}</ref> becoming a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privyprivy Counsellorcounsellor]].<ref name="lcj" />
 
Judge was the [[Senior Presiding Judge]] from 1998 to 2003,<ref name="lcj"/> when he became Deputy Chief Justice. He was not appointed [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]] following the retirement of [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|Lord Woolf]] in 2005 despite having served as his deputy. The [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]], then [[Master of the Rolls]], was appointed instead.
 
On 3 October 2005, he was appointed the first [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57779 |page=12972 |date=7 October 2005}}</ref> when that post was split from that of Lord Chief Justice. In addition to that role, Judge was appointed Head of Criminal Justice in January 2007.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/media_releases/2007/0607.htm |title=Head of Criminal Justice |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206105253/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/media_releases/2007/0607.htm |archive-date=6 February 2008}}</ref>
 
Judge replaced Lord Phillips as Lord Chief Justice on 1 October 2008.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58843 |page=15221 |date=6 October 2008}}</ref> The same day, he was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Judge''', of [[Draycote]] in the countyCounty of [[Warwickshire]]'',<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58845 |date=7 October 2008 |page=15299}}</ref> and he was [[Introduction (House of Lords)|introduced]] into the [[House of Lords]] five days later,<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/minutes/081007/ldordpap.htm#minproc House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 6 October 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026015240/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/minutes/081007/ldordpap.htm#minproc |date=26 October 2016 }}. Retrieved 14 August 2012.</ref> where he sat as a [[crossbencher]].
 
In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] from [[Nottingham Trent University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntualumni.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=316&srcid=292 |title=Honorary graduates A-Z |publisher=[[Nottingham Trent University]] |access-date=1 March 2010 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722234547/http://www.ntualumni.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=316&srcid=292 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2010 was made an Honorary Fellow of [[Aberystwyth University]] as well as Kingston University. On 20 June 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees 2012|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2012|date=2012-06-20|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122143132/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Judge retired as Lord Chief Justice at the end of September 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/lcj-retire-next-summer |title=Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice, to Retire Next Summer |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202081402/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/lcj-retire-next-summer |url-status=live }}</ref> He was Treasurer to the [[Middle Temple]] for the year 2014.<ref>[http://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/governance/officers-of-the-inn/ Middle Temple: Officers of the Inn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220022520/http://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/governance/officers-of-the-inn/ |date=20 February 2014 }} (Retrieved 2 February 2014)</ref>
 
From November 2013 until his death in November 2023, Lord Judge served as a Distinguisheddistinguished Visitorvisitor to [[The Dickson Poon School of Law]] at [[King's College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2013/10-October/Dickson-Poon-School-of-Law-welcomes-Lord-Judge.aspx|title=King's College London - Dickson Poon School of Law welcomes Lord Judge|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103802/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2013/10-October/Dickson-Poon-School-of-Law-welcomes-Lord-Judge.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Parliament==
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