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This list of the first women lawyers and judges in each state of the United States includes the years in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women of other distinctions, such as the first in their states to get law degrees.

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Firsts nationwide

Margaret Brent: first woman to act as an attorney in the United States (1648)
Arabella Mansfield: first woman admitted to practice law in the United States (1869)
Esther Morris: first woman to serve as a judicial officer in the United States (1870)
Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872)
Lyda Conley: First Native American female lawyer in the United States (1902)
Jane Bolin: First African American female judge in the United States (1939)

Law degrees

Lawyers

Lawyers and the U.S. Supreme Court

Law clerks

State judges

State Appellate Court

  • First female: Arleigh M. Woods (1953) in 1980[131][132]

State Supreme Court

Federal judges

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

U.S. District Court

U.S. Magistrate

U.S., Circuit Court (Intermediate Appellate Courts)

U.S. Customs Court

Supreme Court of the U.S.

Attorneys General of the U.S.

Deputy Attorney General of the U.S.

Associate Attorney General of the U.S.

Solicitor General of the U.S.

Deputy Solicitor General of the U.S.

Assistant Attorney General of the U.S.

State Attorneys General

State Solicitor General

United States Attorney

Assistant United States Attorney

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

State Assistant Attorney General

State District Attorneys

State Deputy District Attorney

Federal Bar Associations

State Bar Association

  • First (African American) female to lead coed state bar: Gertrude Rush (1918 in 1921[225][226][236]
  • First female president of voluntary state bar: Carole Bellows in 1977[237][238]
  • First female president of mandatory/integrated state bar: Donna Willard-Jones from 1979-1980[239][240]
  • First Latino American female president: Mary Torres in 2002[241]
  • First Korean American female president: Esther H. Lim in 2018[242]

Firsts in individual states

Firsts in Washington, D.C. (Federal District)

Firsts in the Territories of the U.S.

See also

Other topics of interest

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