After watching her study the work with great enthusiasm, Ezra decided to allow Hall to apprentice in his office.

Hall studied law and copied and prepared judicial opinions under Hooker's supervision and instruction for over three years.

[3] The members agreed to allow Hall to be examined for the bar, subject to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Errors on its legality.

When women are allowed as teachers and as physicians without question, it would be taking a long step backward to refuse their admission to the bar.

"[4] Another article stated, "Those very earnest and patient people of both sexes who advocate woman suffrage will look upon Miss Hall's success in getting a decision in her favor as an important contribution to the triumph of their cause.

Noting that women preached in churches, practiced medicine, taught in the classroom, and acted as executors, guardians, trustees, and overseers, he claimed that the language of the statute regulating attorneys "neither expressly [n]or impliedly exclude[d] women" and that "attorney" was defined as a "person."

"[9] During her legal career, Hall mostly confined herself to office work, assisting Hooker in preparing the Connecticut Reports and handling wills and property matters for women.

In March 1885, Hall helped to found the Hartford Woman Suffrage Club and served as its Vice President.

[1] Mary Hall is remembered as a pioneer in the legal profession and a suffragist and reformist in Connecticut because of her dedication to the cause of women and of the welfare of underprivileged children.