She was elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2024 for the Coimbra constituency.

She has been Minister of Justice since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.

[1] She has a degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon School (1997).

She was a partner at the law firm PLMJ, founded by her father José Miguel Júdice, from 2013 to 2023 where she was co-coordinator of the Real estate and Tourism area.

[2] Between 1998 and 2023 she worked as a lawyer in the area of real estate law, also at PLMJ.