 She was promoted gradually to assistant secretary in 1978, and from 1983 to 1986 she was a legal adviser.She was an acting presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal for a brief period in 1986, before working in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1986 to 1988.She was also a member of the National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics from 1981 to 1993.