The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as jurists and practitioners of law – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–2018 | 100 | Serbian academic, authority and educator in international law[1] | ||
| 1742–1842 | 100 | Canadian defence attorney representing the soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre[2] | ||
| 1902–2005 | 102 | American attorney and District Judge of the Middle District of Georgia[3] | ||
| 1916–2018 | 102 | Belgian lawyer[4] | ||
| 1907–2012 | 104 | American district court judge[5] | ||
| 1888–1990 | 101 | American judge[6] | ||
| 1879–1980 | 100 | American lawyer and poet[7] | ||
| 1913–2017 | 104 | American educator, judge and politician[8] | ||
| Frank Chuman | 1917– | American lawyer and author[9] | ||
| 1905–2007 | 101 | American lawyer and judge[10] | ||
| 1875–1976 | 100 | Australian lawyer and politician[11] | ||
| 1899–1999 | 100 | English Master of the Rolls[12] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 101 | British judge[13] | ||
| 1920–2023 | 103 | Hungarian-Romanian-born American lawyer and last Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal prosecutor[14] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 100 | German jurist, legal historian, and professor[15] | ||
| 1909–2013 | 104 | American judge[16] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | Irish barrister[17] | ||
| 1865–1967 | 101 | Welsh lawyer[18] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 100 | American counsel[19] | ||
| I. Leo Glasser | 1924– | American judge[20] | ||
| 1882–1984 | 101 | Belgian lawyer and criminologist[21] | ||
| 1902–2007 | 105 | New Zealand justice on the Supreme Court of New Zealand[22] | ||
| 1907–2007 | 100 | American lawyer and civil rights activist[23] | ||
| Henry Hu | 1920– | Hong Kong barrister[24] | ||
| 1914–2014 | 100 | Indian judge and minister[25] | ||
| 1916–2017 | 101 | American judge[26] | ||
| 1920–2020 | 100 | American defence attorney representing Charles Manson and "The Onion Field" killer[27] | ||
| 1904–2010 | 105 | British judge[28] | ||
| 1912–2018 | 105 | American judge[29] | ||
| 1891–1996 | 104 | American lawyer and grandfather of Rush Limbaugh[30] | ||
| 1859–1960 | 100 | American lawyer and author[31] | ||
| 1909–2010 | 100 | German lawyer and Attorney General[32] | ||
| 1888–1990 | 102 | American lawyer, teacher and judge[33] | ||
| Frederick M. Nicholas | 1920– | American lawyer[34] | ||
| 1899–2003 | 103 | American aviation attorney[35] | ||
| 1913–2017 | 103 | American judge, attorney, author and legal scholar; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas[36] | ||
| 1804–1904 | 100 | American assemblyman, New York state senator and county judge[37] | ||
| 1912–2015 | 103 | American lawyer[38] | ||
| 1902–2003 | 101 | British barrister and politician; lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials[39] | ||
| 1913–2014 | 100 | American attorney[40] | ||
| Arthur L. Thurlow | 1913–2020 | 107 | Canadian judge and politician[41] | |
| 1912–2014 | 102 | American lawyer; 4th United States Deputy Attorney General[42] | ||
| 1904–2007 | 102 | German lawyer, jurist, judge, World War II resistance fighter and author[43] | ||
| 1919–2021 | 102 | French lawyer and French Resistance militant[44] | ||
| 1861–1963 | 101 | American lawyer and law professor[45] | ||
| 1873–1977 | 104 | American judge[46] | ||
| 1874–1980 | 105 | Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden (1923–1943).[47] | ||
| 1917–2018 | 101 | Greek lawyer and criminologist[48] |