Donned in their regal Black robes, these Black women continue to pave the ... She made history as Georgia’s first African-American Chief Presiding Judge of a state court. From there Hatchett ...

Vanessa Harris made history in 2008 when she became the first woman and African American judge to preside over Opelousas City ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - After two decades on the bench, Judge Carole Smitherman is officially retiring—but she’s not ...

More than 100 years after Charlotte Ray became the first African American woman to graduate from a U.S. law school, challenges remain for Black women in the legal profession, panelists said at the web ...

In our own community, women continue to break new ground in various fields, like Judge Tierra Jones, a powerful figure in the courtroom whose impact is felt beyond her role.