Biography
Dr. Schembri is a Maltese lawyer in general practice. She has obtained a B.A. in Legal & Humanistic Studies (1998), a Diploma in Notarial Studies (1999) and a Doctorate of Laws Degree (2001) from the University of Malta after defending her thesis on 'Surrogate Motherhood'.
She was admitted to the bar in the beginning of 2002 and went into private practice. That year she also obtained a Diploma in Canonical Marriage Cases and Jurisprudence (2002) and has consequently practiced in the Maltese Ecclesiastical Tribunals.
In 2007 Dr Schembri successfully finished an Entrepreneurship & Management Training Course under the auspices of the EU and Malta Enterprise and worked as a Managing Director of a real estate company as well as legal consultant to the company's esteemed clientele.
Dr Schembri has occasionally also given her services to the Faculty of Laws at the Univerisy of Malta as an examiner of doctoral theses. She is currently reading for a Masters Degree in Bioethics at the University of Malta in part fulfillment of which she will be defending her thesis on Neuroethics and Criminal Law.
Dr Schembri has been a member of the Chamber of Advocates of Malta since 2001.
