Congratulations Dame Julie Maxton

Julie Maxton (Executive Education, 2004) was made a Dame for services to science and the law in the 2023 New Year Honours list.

Dame Julie is Executive Director of the Royal Society, the first woman in 350 years to hold the post. In her role, she has brought scientists and members of the judiciary together around areas of mutual interest and to make sure that the best possible scientific guidance is available to the courts.

Commenting on her recognition, Dame Julie said ‘The Royal Society brings judges and scientists together so that the scientists can help judges understand where the advances in science are happening and what might end up in court, but also the judges can explain to scientists where the limits of law lie in certain areas.

‘I think it’s wonderful but I think it’s particularly wonderful for all the people who have helped with this programme which I run for the society, it’s for all the judges and scientists who have given their time’

Before taking up her position at the Royal Society in 2011 she was Registrar at the University of Oxford, the first woman in 550 years in the role.

Originally trained as a barrister at the Middle Temple, Dame Julie has combined a career as a practising lawyer with that of an academic, holding a number of senior academic positions, including those of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Green Templeton congratulates Dame Julie on becoming a Dame.