Song Man Lei

Song Man Lei (born 1966) is a judge from Macau. She is the first female judge to sit on Macau's highest appellate court, the Court of Final Appeal.

Early life Song Man Lei studied law, earning a law degree and a master's degree at Beijing University. She also attended language and law classes at the University of Coimbra and Macau University. She completed her judicial training at the Center for Training Macau Magistrates.

Career Song Man Lei worked as a senior local magistrate, later joining Macau's Public Prosecutor Office in 1996. In March 2000, she was appointed Deputy Prosecutor, and served in that role until 2011. She replaced Judge Chu Kim, who died in a car accident in China in 2011. Song Man Lei had previously worked as an assistant general prosecutor while he headed the Public Prosecutor's Office.