Annie MacDonald Langstaff
Annie MacDonald Langstaff earned her Bachelor of Civil Law in 1914, but the Bar of Montreal refused to allow her to take the bar exam to become a practising lawyer.
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Emilie Kempin-Spyri
Emilie Kempin-Spyri became Switzerland’s first female law school graduate in 1887, but women were not allowed to practise law at the time because they lacked full citizenship.
Lidia Poët
Lidia Poët was the first woman in Italy to be a lawyer, inscribed in the roll of lawyers (albo degli avvocati) on August 9, 1883. But she was almost immediately disbarred, in a court ruling that banned women from the practice of law in the country.
Wendy Scholtens Wood
Wendy Scholtens Wood, who later became an attorney in Little Rock, was one of the greatest women’s basketball players in Arkansas history.
Coral Wong Pietsch
On March 30, 2001, Coral Wong Pietsch became the first female Asian American general officer in the Army and the first female general officer of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps’ (JAG) 230-year history.
Jane Johnson
Enslaved woman whose escape to freedom led to precedent-setting legal cases
Andree Layton Roaf
Andree Yvonne Layton Roaf was an Arkansas attorney and jurist who distinguished herself in the fields of biology, law, and community service.
Georgina Frost
20th century Irish court official who fought gender discrimination
Judy Sheindlin
Judy Blum Sheindlin is arguably the most famous judge of her time, yet most people wouldn’t know her last name, recognizing her only as “Judge Judy.”
Loretta Lynch
U.S. attorney general