In 1994 she was appointed as presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal. After the Borgarting Court of Appeal was split from Eidsivating in 1995, Stabel worked in Borgarting. Also, from 1994 to 1997 she was a judge in the Labour Court of Norway,[3] later serving as a deputy until 2002. She was also a member of the Lund Commission from 1994 to 1996, chaired the committees that delivered the Norwegian Official Reports 2001:14 and 2000:11, and was a committee member for the Norwegian Official Report 1991:6.[1]
^Ramnefjell, Erling; Gjerstad, Tore; Ellingsen; Per (13 February 2006). "Her er oversikten over de 50 mektigste parene i det rødgrønne Norge". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). p. 8.