Jane Cleo Marshall Lucas
Jane Cleo Marshall Lucas (1920-2013) was the first African American female to pass the Maryland bar exam.[1][2]
Lucas was born in
She worked for an Atlanta attorney before taking and passing the Maryland bar exam in 1946. She thus became the first African American female admitted to practice law in Maryland. Marshall achieved another historical first the same year by becoming the first female full-time faculty member of Howard University School of Law. Thus, due to Lucas becoming an educator, Juanita Jackson Mitchell has the distinction of becoming the first African American female to actually practice law in Maryland in 1950.[6] Lucas resigned from the faculty in 1950, and eventually settled with her husband permanently in the Washington, D.C., area.[7] She died November 4, 2013, in Burtonsville, Maryland.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780812216851.
- ^ Banks, Taunya Lovell (2004). "Setting the Record Straight: Maryland's First Black Women Law Graduates" (PDF). Maryland Law Review.
- ^ The University of Michigan Law School Alumni Directory, 1859-1981. University of Michigan Law School. 1981.
- ISBN 9780814716397.
- ^ Law school alumni directory, 1860-1950. University of Michigan Law School. 1951.
- ^ "Juanita Jackson Mitchell, MSA SC 3520-2306". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ISBN 9780472086467.