List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia
This is a list of the first women lawyers and judges in Asia.
It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses).
Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree.
See Women in law in Japan
Maria Bashir: First female prosecutor in Afghanistan (1994)
Tcheng Yu-hsui: First female lawyer and judge in China
Ellen Li: First female Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong (1948)
Maria Natércia Gusmão Pereira: First female judge in
East Timor
(2000)
Anna Chandy: First female judge in India (1937)
Pwa Hmee: First female lawyer in Myanmar (Burma) (1925)
