List of first women lawyers and judges in North America

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in North America (a separate list is devoted to the United States).

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 graduating from law school.

See Women in law in the United Kingdom See Women in law in the United Kingdom See Women in law in the United Kingdom See Women in law in Canada See Women in law in the United Kingdom

Mia Mottley: First female Attorney General of Barbados (2001)
Eugenia Charles: First female lawyer in Dominica (1949)
Marisela Morales: First female Attorney General of Mexico (2011)