After completing her legal studies in London, England and being called to the bar in 1962, Siti Norma returned to Malaysia and worked her way up through the judicial system.
[4] She subsequently returned to Malaysia,[3] where she made news headlines as the first Malaysian woman of Malay heritage to become a barrister.
[7] The Malaysian Bar observed that when Siti Norma was once asked about the values all good judges should have, she replied "patience and incorruptibility.
During the mid-1980s, she served as President for the Association of Women Lawyers, and in 1993 she provided her services as an external examiner for the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law.
[6] From 2006 to 2009, Siti Norma led the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association as its president – the first Malaysian to be elected to the role.
[9] Siti Norma married a mining consultant[4] named Dato’ Seri Meor Ayob bin Mior Shaffie, and the couple had three children.