BU graduated the first woman lawyer in Massachusetts

BU graduated the first woman lawyer in Massachusetts.

November 4, 2005

Rebecca D Lipchitz

Lelia Josephine Robinson (LAW’1881) was the law school’s first woman graduate and the first woman admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. She went on to become an outspoken advocate of women’s potential to contribute to the legal profession.

BU graduated the first woman lawyer in Massachusetts

BU graduated the first woman lawyer in Massachusetts.

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