Lorraine Schembri Orland

Lorraine Schembri Orland (born 21 June 1959) in Malta is a Maltese judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Biography Schembri Orland obtained a doctorate of laws in 1981, and a magister juris in European Law in 1996, both from the University of Malta.

In September 2019, she was sworn in as Malta's judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the first woman to hold such position. Schembri Orland was preferred by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe over the other two candidates from Malta, Victoria Buttigieg and Abigail Lofaro.

She is married since 1983 to George Schembri Orland; they have a son.