Lawyer Monthly Magazine -December 2019 Edition

1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister in the UK. 1981 Arnette Hubbard became the first female president of the (American) National Bar Association 1984 Lady Hale was the first woman and youngest person to ever be appointed to the Law Commission. 1988 Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss , a highly ranked female judge who also chaired inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, was the first woman appointed as Lord Justice of Appeal. 1990 Barbara Mills became the first female Director of the SFO (Serious Fraud Office). Madeleine Elizabeth Wall became the first female General Counsel of a FTSE100 business. 1991 Baroness Scotland of Asthal was not only the first black woman to be appointed Queen’s Counsel, but was also one of the youngest to take Silk 2017 After the role of Senior Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales was created in 1983, Lady Justice Macur became the first female appointed. SOURCES https://first100years.org.uk/digital-museum/timeline/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_lawyers https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/womens- rights-movement/detailed-timeline/ https://blog.oup.com/2019/03/women-law-timeline/ )