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

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

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 ...