Education
Radcliffe College; Harvard Law School.
Radcliffe College; Harvard Law School.
Born in Zwickau, Germany, Zobel received an Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe College in 1953 and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1956. She was a law clerk to George C. Sweeney, Chief Judge of the United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts from 1956 to 1966. She was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979.
On January 25, 1979, Zobel was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 92 Statistics
1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1979, and received her commission on March 23, 1979. Among her judicial duties, she was director of the Federal Judicial Center from 1995 to 1999.
She assumed senior status on April 1, 2014.
