[1] She served on the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice from February 2, 1988, until October 22, 1993.

[1] Griño-Aquino was the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court, following Associate Justices Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera and Irene Cortes.

[1] Following her retirement from the Supreme Court in 1993, Griño-Aquino became the first Chairperson of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee.

[1] The Supreme Court also appointed Griño-Aquino to lead or participate in several investigations, including the probe of the Bar Exam leakage in 2003, the GSIS-Meralco bribery case in 2008, and the investigation into the Integrated Bar of the Philippines elections in 2009.

[1] Carolina Griño-Aquino died from a long illness on December 24, 2012, at the age of 89.