Shirley Hilda Stanley Smith (10 October 1916 – 29 December 2007) was a lawyer from New Zealand.
[3] She attended Queen Margaret College and Nga Tawa Diocesan School.
After attending a lecture in New York on the Commission on the Status of Women, she was inspired to train as a lawyer.
[3][5] After graduating in 1957, Smith became the 41st woman to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
[3][5] Smith left the university to practice general law as a sole practitioner.