List of first women lawyers and judges in Illinois

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Illinois.

It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses).

Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Ida Platt: First African-American female lawyer in Illinois (1894)
Catherine Waugh McCulloch : First female Justice of the Peace in Illinois (1907)
Mary Bartelme : First female judge in Illinois (1923)