Elena Highton de Nolasco

{{short description|Argentine judge }}

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{{Infobox judge

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Elena Nolasco

| image = Elena Highton de Nolasco (cropped).jpg

| office = Minister of the Supreme Court

| term_start = 9 June 2004

| term_end = 1 November 2021

| nominator = Néstor Kirchner

| predecessor = Eduardo Moliné O'Connor

| predecessor1 = Augusto Belluscio

| office1 = Vice President of the Supreme Court

| term_start1 = 1 September 2005

| term_end1 = 1 October 2021

| successor1 = Carlos Rosenkrantz

| birth_name = Elena Inés Highton

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

| spouse = Alberto Mario Nolasco

| signature = Firma Elena Highton.jpg

| alma_mater = University of Buenos Aires

}}

Elena Inés Highton de Nolasco (born 7 December 1942) is an Argentine lawyer, judge and a former member of Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina, having served from 2004 to 2021.{{Cite web|last=Página12|date=5 October 2021|title=Renunció la jueza Elena Highton de Nolasco a la Corte Suprema {{!}} A dos semanas de la cuestionada designación de Rosatti|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/372747-renuncio-la-jueza-elena-highton-de-nolasco-a-la-corte-suprem|access-date=23 January 2022|website=Página/12}}

Mrs. Nolasco was born in Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires Province. She qualified as a lawyer, procurator and notary in 1966 at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Her postgraduate studies were at UBA, Harvard Law School and the University of Nevada. From 1967 she practised as a lawyer and in 1973 she became an official defence lawyer for incapable defendants. In 1979 she became a judge, joining the national Appeals Court in 1994.[http://www.csjn.gov.ar/data/cv_highton.pdf Elena Inés Highton - Curriculum Vitae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710194828/http://www.csjn.gov.ar/data/cv_highton.pdf |date=2007-07-10 }}, website of the Supreme Court. Accessed 4 May 2008. She taught extensively particularly at UBA, and has written several books largely on civil law.

In June 2004, Nolasco joined the Supreme Court. She was the first woman to join the Court (under a democratic government), although Carmen Argibay's appointment had been announced earlier. When it came to Senate approval, 51 of the senators present voted for her appointment and five were against.Buenos Aires Herald: [http://buenosairesherald.com/editorial/editorial_spanish_note.jsp?idContent=54831 The new Supreme Court member] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135931/http://buenosairesherald.com/editorial/editorial_spanish_note.jsp?idContent=54831 |date=2007-09-28 }}, 11 June 2004. In August 2005 she was appointed vice-president of the Court.

The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) awarded her Human Rights Award during a conference held in Seoul on 18 May 2010.[http://www.cij.gov.ar/nota-4112-Entregaron-a-Highton-de-Nolasco-el-premio--Human-Rights-Awards-.html Entregaron a Highton de Nolasco el premio "Human Rights Awards"] {{in lang|es}}

Elena and her husband Alberto Mario Nolasco have two sons.