List of first women lawyers and judges in North Dakota

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in North Dakota. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure

Firsts in state history

  • Helen Hamilton (c. 1925):[1] First female lawyer in North Dakota
  • Rose K. Ecoffey:[2][3][4] First female tribal judge for the Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation, North Dakota (c. 1940s)
  • Beryl J. Levine (1974):[5] First female appointed as a Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (1985)
  • Cynthia A. Rothe-Seeger (1975):[6] First female appointed as a district judge in North Dakota (1988)
  • Shon Hastings:[7] First female appointed as a bankruptcy court judge (2011)
  • Cherie Clark:[8] First female judge appointed to the Southeast Judicial District [Barnes County, et al.]

Firsts in local history

  • Kirsten Sjue (2006):[9][10] First female judge in Williams County, North Dakota (2015)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "20th Annual Helen Hamilton Day". www.ndcourts.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  2. ↑ Dowling, Timothy C. (2005). Personal Perspectives: World War II. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851095759.
  3. ↑ The Michigan Historical Review. Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University. 1994.
  4. ↑ Reyer, Carolyn; Medicine, Beatrice; Plume, Debra Lynn White (December 1991). Cante ohitika win (brave-hearted women): images of Lakota women from the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. University of South Dakota Press.
  5. ↑ "Beryl J. Levine". www.ndcourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  6. ↑ "Cynthia A. Rothe-Seeger, District Judge". www.ndcourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  7. ↑ "ND's federal bankruptcy court judge sworn in". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  8. ↑ Nelson, TJ (September 14, 2017). "ND Judicial District to Swear in First Female Judge - KVRR Local News". KVRR Local News. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Kirsten M. Sjue, District Judge". www.ndcourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  10. ↑ Hackenburg, Elizabeth (October 3, 2015). "Williston's own Sjue first female judge in Williams County". Williston Herald.
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