List of first women lawyers and judges in South America

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

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 the United Kingdom See Women in law in the United Kingdom

Margarita Argúas: First female Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (1970)

Esilda Villa : First female lawyer in Bolivia (1929)

Ellen Gracie Northfleet was Brazil's first woman appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000 and the first female Chief Justice in 2006 — Ellen Gracie Northfleet was Brazil's first woman appointed to the Supreme Court (2000) and the first female Chief Justice (2006)

Trinidad María Enríquez : First female to earn a law degree in Peru (1907)