Jane Bolin, the nation’s first black female judge and the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, has died. She was 98.
Bolin’s death was confirmed by Matthew Kovary, spokesman for the New York City Bar Association.
Jane Bolin, the nation's first black female judge and the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, has died in New York at the age of 98. Initially discouraged by a Wellesley College adviser from pursuing a law degree because of her race and gender, Bolin graduated from Yale Law in 1931. She met resistance when she applied to work for New York's law department, but in 1937 she became an assistant corporation counsel. She held the job for two years until she was made a judge.
January 16, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Jane Bolin, the nation’s first black female judge and the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, has died. She was 98.
Bolin’s death was confirmed by Matthew Kovary, spokesman for the New York City Bar Association.
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