▁from ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁appointment ▁to ▁the ▁Court ▁made ▁by ▁President ▁Joseph ▁E str ada . ▁ ▁Profile ▁Sand oval - G ut ierre z ▁earned ▁her ▁law ▁degree ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Santo ▁Tom as ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁After ▁two ▁years ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation , ▁Sand oval - G ut ierre z ▁joined ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁She ▁later ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁att orney ▁for ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁Sand oval - G ut ierre z ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁a ▁trial ▁court ▁judge ▁in ▁Man ila . ▁She ▁was ▁promoted ▁as ▁an ▁Associ ate ▁Justice ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁by ▁President ▁Cor azon ▁Aqu ino ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁She ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁app ell ate ▁court ▁until ▁her ▁appointment ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁purs uit ▁of ▁post - grad uate ▁studies ▁attended ▁Harvard ▁Law ▁School ▁C ourses ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁taking ▁up ▁Constitution al ▁Law , ▁Advanced ▁Constitution al ▁Law , ▁Leg al ▁Medicine , ▁Family ▁Law ▁and ▁Federal ▁Cour ts . ▁She ▁also ▁studied , ▁as ▁a ▁fellow , ▁American ▁and ▁International ▁Law ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁International ▁Law , ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁in ▁Dallas