1866 – 1954 Cornelia Sorabji First woman to study law at Oxford University, first female advocate in India and first woman to practice law in India and Britain
1898 – 1981 Mithan Tata/Lam First Indian woman to be called to the Bar and first woman barrister to practise in India
Admitted 1949, Called 1961 The Rt Hon Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo JSC First woman to serve as Speaker in an African Parliament
Admitted 1922, Not called (practised as a solicitor) Marion Graeme Billson Labour candidate and solicitor
Admitted 1974, Called 1976, Bencher 1999 The Rt Hon Lady Black DBE Family law specialist who became second woman to be a Supreme Court Judge
Admitted 1951, Called 1955, Treasurer 1998 The Rt Hon the Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE First female Treasurer of the Inn and first female member of Court of Appeal
Admitted 1985, Called 1987, Silk 2003, Bencher 2006 The Rt Hon The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill DBE First Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Admitted 1943, Called 1947 Mary Eugenia Charles DBE First woman to be a lawyer in Dominica, and the first to be Prime Minister