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'''Lucy Caroline Smith''' (née '''Dahl'''; 12 October 1934 – 27 August 2013) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] legal scholar and professor of law at the [[University of Oslo]].<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2013/08/lucy-smith-er-dod.html |title=Lucy Smith er død |language=nn |work=Uniforum |date= |accessdate=2013-08-28}}</ref> She served as rector of the university from 1993 to 1998.<ref name="nbl">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Lucy_Smith/utdypning|title=Lucy Smith – utdypning (NBL-artikkel)|last=Halvorsen|first=Marit|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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She was a member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27643|title=Gruppe 6: Rettsvitenskap|publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=26 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109185548/http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27643|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1987 she became Norway's first female (full) professor of law. She has published the book ''Foreldremyndighet og barnerett''. Smith was a member of the U.N. [[Committee on the Rights of the Child]]. In the 1980s, Smith became well known to the public as the principal judge of the popular [[game show|quiz show]] ''[[Kvitt eller dobbelt]]''.<ref name="nbl"/><br />
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Smith was the wife of [[Carsten Smith]], the former Chief Justice of Norway's Supreme Court. Before that appointment, he was also a law professor at the University of Oslo.<br />
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==Education==<br />
After attending [[Oslo Cathedral School]], Smith studied law, graduating in 1959.<ref name="nbl"/><br />
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