Eliza Orme (25 December 1848 – 22 June 1937) was the first woman to earn a law degree in England, from University College London in 1888.

[4] Her parents often hosted academics and artists such as Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill, and were supportive of women's education.

After University College London allowed both men and women to attend lectures, she became a student there in 1872.

Four years later, the university reversed its policy and permitted women to receive degrees and in 1878, she passed the first two exams for the Bachelor of Laws with honours.

Until the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, women were not permitted to qualify as a barrister or a solicitor in England.

[2] Instead, she established an office on Chancery Lane in 1875, initially with Mary Richardson, and from the mid-1880s  with Reina Emily Lawrence, continuing to work on legal matters until about 1904.

Hunter, John Elliott Cairnes and Leonard Courtney, all supporters of ''laissez-faire'' and Benthamite reform.

[2] She left in 1892 when she was invited to serve as Senior Lady Assistant Commissioner on the Royal Commission on Labour.