Throughout history, there have been many women lawyers & judges who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female lawyers & judges such as Kimberly Guilfoyle, Elena Kagan, Valerie Jarrett, Marine Le Pen, Amal Alamuddin.The women lawyers & judges featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg15 March 1933, American
Associate Justice of US Supreme Court
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Maya Harris30 January 1967, American
Lawyer
Kimberly Guilfoyle09 March 1969, American
News Anchor
Valerie Jarrett14 November 1956, American
Lawyer
Jeanine Pirro02 June 1951, American
TV Personality
Marcia Clark31 August 1953, American
Lawyer, Author, TV Correspondent
Sonia Sotomayor25 June 1954, American
Judge
Marine Le Pen05 August 1968, French
Political Leader
Sunny Hostin20 October 1968, American
Lawyer
Elena Kagan28 April 1960, American
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Janet Reno21 July 1938, American
78th Attorney General of the United States
Greta Van Susteren11 June 1954, American
News Anchor
Sally Yates20 August 1960, American
Lawyer
Marilyn Milian01 May 1961, American
Judge
Eboni Williams09 September 1988, American
Attorney & News Personality
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Virginia Thomas23 February 1957, American
Lawyer
Vicki Iovine13 January 1954, American
Model, Writer, Lawyer
Faith Jenkins1977 AD, American
Attorney
Judith Sheindlin21 October 1942, American
Judge, Reality TV Personality
Shirin Ebadi21 June 1947, Iranian
Human Rights Activist
Kimba Wood21 January 1944, American
Judge
Karenna Gore Schiff06 August 1973, American
Author, Attorney
Holly Bankemper23 November 1964, American
Cris Collinsworth’s Wife
Sandra Day O’Connor26 March 1930, American
Former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
Patricia Lipoma28 October 1965
Entrepreneur
Vanessa Nadal18 August 1982, American
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Wife
Sushma Swaraj14 February 1952, Indian
Politician, Lawyer
Maryanne Trump Barry05 April 1937, American
Magistrate, Lawyer, Judge
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956, French
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Nancy Grace23 October 1959, American
Journalist, Lawyer, Television presenter
Phyllis Schlafly15 August 1924, American
Radio personality, Lawyer, Political activist,
Gesine Bullock-Prado06 March 1970, American
Chef, Lawyer
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands17 May 1971
Economist, Judge
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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands31 August 1880, Dutch
Head of state, Judge
Juliana of the Netherlands30 April 1909, Dutch
Politician, Judge
Kim Campbell10 March 1947, Canadian
19th Prime Minister of Canada
Julie Bishop17 July 1956, Australian
Jurist, Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
Elizabeth May09 June 1954, Canadian
Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer
Harriet Harman30 July 1950, British
Politician, Lawyer, Solicitor
Quentin Bryce23 December 1942, Australian
Teacher, Lawyer
Cherie Blair23 September 1954, British
Lawyer, Barrister
Pam Bondi17 November 1965, American
Lawyer, Politician
Star Jones24 March 1962, American
Lawyer, Journalist
Miriam Defensor Santiago15 June 1945, Filipino
Judge, Journalist, Lawyer
Lynn Toler25 October 1959, American
Lawyer, Judge
Pia Cayetano22 March 1966, American
Radio personality, Lawyer
Simone Veil13 July 1927, French
Politician, Judge
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw1959 AD, American
lawyer, university teacher
Mary McAleese27 June 1951, Irish
President ,Lawyer , Journalist, Politician
Elizabeth Edwards03 July 1949, American
Attorney at law, Lawyer, Teacher, Writer
Victoria Reggie Kennedy26 February 1954, American
Lawyer
Lis Wiehl09 August 1961, American
lawyer
Tzipi Livni08 July 1958, Israeli
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat, Manager
Shannon Miller10 March 1977, American
Artistic gymnast, Lawyer
Ophelia Dahl12 May 1964, American
Human rights activist
Lisa Bloom20 September 1961, American
Attorney at law, Journalist, Lawyer
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond31 January 1945, British
Politician, Judge, Lawyer
Barbara Olson27 December 1955, American
Journalist, Lawyer
Cilia Flores01 January 1953, Venezuelan
Politician, Lawyer
Tarja Halonen24 December 1943, Finnish
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
Shana Madoff29 April 1967, American
Attorney
Mablean Ephriam23 April 1949, American
Lawyer, Judge
Pauli Murray20 November 1910, American
Lawyer
Deborah Coyne24 February 1955, Canadian
Lawyer
Gretchen RubinAmerican
Marian Wright Edelman06 June 1939, American
Writer, Lawyer
Asma Jahangir27 January 1952, Pakistani
Human rights activist, Lawyer
Nirmala Joshi23 July 1934, Indian
Lawyer, Social worker
Beverley McLachlin07 September 1943, Canadian
Judge, Lawyer
Lisa Monaco25 February 1968, American
Jurist, Lawyer
Sandra Fluke17 April 1981, American
Lawyer
Crystal Lee Sutton31 December 1940, American
Trade unionist
Mary Jo White27 September 1947, American
lawyer
Conchita Carpio-Morales19 June 1941, Filipino
Judge, Lawyer
Florynce Kennedy11 February 1916, American
Autobiographer, Lawyer
Laura Wasser23 May 1968, American
Lawyer
Louise Arbour10 February 1947, Canadian
Judge, Lawyer, Diplomat, University teacher
Orly Taitz30 August 1960, American
Lawyer, Dentist, Politician
Mabel Walker Willebrandt23 May 1889, American
Lawyer
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss10 August 1933, British
Judge, Politician, Lawyer
Navi Pillay23 September 1941, South African
Judge, Lawyer
Jesselyn Radack12 December 1970, American
Jurist
Lynne Stewart08 October 1939, American
Lawyer
Rosalie Abella01 July 1946, Canadian
Judge
Diane Wood04 July 1950, American
Judge, Lawyer
Carla Del Ponte09 February 1947, Swiss
Prosecutor
Tzipi Hotovely02 December 1978, Israeli
Journalist, Politician, Writer, Lawyer
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre1952 AD, French
lawyer
Jacqueline Nguyen25 May 1965, American, Vietnamese
Judge
Irene Khan24 December 1956, Bangladeshi
Lawyer
Nathalie Sarraute18 July 1900, French, Russian
Lawyer
Margaret Mountford24 November 1951, British
Lawyer, Businessperson
Monisha Kaltenborn10 May 1971, Austrian, Indian
Lawyer
Elena Udrea26 December 1973, Romanian
Politician, Lawyer