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Elizabeth Johnson
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Georgina Frost
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Margaret Kidd
Margaret Kidd was the first female member of the Faculty [...]
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R v Ahluwalia and the Southall Black Sisters
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Helena Kennedy: “a very different kind of advocacy has developed”
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Sybil Campbell
Sybil Campbell was the first woman to be appointed to [...]
Theodora Llewelyn Davies
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Dorothy Livingston: “Be prepared to speak your mind”
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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
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Elsie Florence Turner: First Woman to be Clerk to a Judge
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Baroness Deech: “Law is just the best discipline a woman can take up”
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