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 graduate from law school.
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) 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)
Law school
Lawyers
Lawyers and the U.S. Supreme Court
Law clerks
See also Lists of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
State judges
See Women in the United States judiciary
Federal judges
See Women in the United States judiciary
Attorneys General of the U.S.
See United States Attorney General
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
See also List of presidents of the American Bar Association
State Bar Association
First (African American) female to lead coed state bar: Gertrude Rush (1918) in 1921[102] [103] [109]
First female president of voluntary state bar: Carole Bellows in 1977[110] [111]
First female president of mandatory/integrated state bar: Donna Willard-Jones from 1979-1980[112] [113]
First openly lesbian to serve as president of a statewide bar association: Joan Ellenbogen in 1980[114]
First Latino American female president: Mary Torres in 2002[115]
First Korean American female president: Esther H. Lim in 2018[116]