List of first women lawyers and judges in Europe

Abkhazia (GEO)

• Nelly Eshba: First female lawyer in Abkhazia
• Liudmila Khojashvili: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Abkhazia

  Albania

• Erifili Bezhani : First female lawyer in Albania
• Natasha Sheshi: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Albania
• Ina Rama: First female to serve as the Prosecutor General of Albania
• : First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Albania

  Andorra

• Sonia Artal Conesa : First female lawyer of Spanish nationality to practice in Andorra
• Laurence Burgogue-Larsen: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Andorra

  Armenia

• Alvina Gyulumyan: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Armenia
• Eva Darbinyan: First female appointed as a Judge of the Criminal and Military Appeal Court in Armenia
• Elizaveta Danielyan: First female to serve as a Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation of Armenia
• Ani Mkhitaryan and Ruzanna Hakobyan: First females appointed to the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia

  Firsts in a particular region in Armenia

• Nune Poghosyan: First female lawyer and judge in Shamshadin, Armenia

  Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) (AZE)

• Narine Narimanyan: First female to serve as the President of the Supreme Court of Nagorno-Karabakh

  Austria

• Marianne Beth : First female lawyer in Austria
• Johanna Kundmann and Gertrude Sollinger: First female judges in Austria
• Margarete Haimberger-Tanzer: First female to serve as a criminal judge in Austria
• Lisbeth Lass: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Austria
• Irmgard Griss: First female judge to serve as the President of the Supreme Court of Austria
• Brigitte Bierlein: First female judge to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of Austria. She was also the first female to serve as an Advocate General in the General Procuratorate at the Supreme Court.

  Firsts in a particular region in Austria

• Christine Gesswein-Spiessberger: First female lawyer in Gmunden, Austria
• Caroline List: First female criminal judge and President of the Graz Regional Court in Austria

  Azerbaijan

• :az:Bilqeyis Həşimzadə|Bilqeyis Haşımzadə : First female lawyer in Azerbaijan
• Ayna Sultanova: First female to serve as the Prosecutor General of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
• Sona Salmanova: First female appointed as a Judge and Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan
• Südaba Hasanova : First female appointed as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan

  Belarus

• Olga Filippovna Sukhanova: First female to serve as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of the BSSR
• Isabella Martsinovich: First female to earn a Doctor of Laws and become a law professor in Belarus
• Lilia Vlasova and Natalia Kozyrenko: First female lawyers to establish a private law practice in post-Soviet Belarus
• Rimma Ivanovna Filipchik, Podgrusha Valentina Vasilyevna, and Kenik Ksenia Ivanovna: First females to serve as Judges of the Constitutional Court of Belarus

  Belgium

• Marie Popelin : First female to earn a doctorate in law in Belgium, but denied the right to practice as a lawyer
• Paule Lemy and Marcelle Renson : The first women who respectively took the oath of lawyer in Belgium
• Geneviève Janssen-Pevtschin : First female judge in Belgium
• Irène Pétry: First female to serve as a Judge and President of the Court of Arbitration of Belgium
• : First female appointed as an Attorney General for a Belgian Court of Appeal
• Beatrijs Deconinck: First female justice to serve as the First President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium

  Firsts in a particular region in Belgium

• :nl:Eliane Liekendael|Eliane Liekendael : First female appointed as the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation of Brussels
• Suzanne Verbist Lilar : First female lawyer in Antwerp
• Régine Orfinger-Karlin: First female lawyer to register with the Antwerp Bar Association
• Alice De Man: First female judge to serve as the President of the Court of Appeal of Antwerp
• Annita Harrewyn: First female appointed as the Attorney General of East and West Flanders

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Mira Gavrilovich: First female lawyer and judge in Bosnia and Herzegovina when the country was part of Yugoslavia
• Azra Omeragić: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the post-Dayton period
• Gordana Tadic: First female to serve as the Chief State Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Firsts in a particular region in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Emina Zaćiragić: First female judge in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Desanka Lazarevic: First female judge in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Bulgaria

• Vera Zlatareva : First female lawyer in Bulgaria
• Neviana Hristova: First female lawyer to become a prosecutor in Bulgaria
• Milena Zhabinska: First female to serve as a Judge of Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria
• Yordanka Hadzhineva: First female to serve as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Bulgaria
• Snezhana Botusharova: First female elected in respect of Bulgaria to serve as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
• Tsanka Tsankova: First female to serve temporarily as the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria

  Firsts in a particular region in Bulgaria

• Rumen Katrev: First female appointed as a Judge of the Military Court in Plòvdiv
• Dafinka Chakarova: First female appointed as a Judge of the Devin District Court in Devin

  Channel Islands

[Bailiwick of Guernsey] (Crown dependency)

Alderney

• Sarah Kelly : First female advocate appointed Greffier to the Jurats of Alderney

  Guernsey

• Dorothy Winifred Le Pelley: First female jurat in Guernsey

  [Bailiwick of Jersey] (Crown dependency)

• Anita Sarella Regal : First female to be sworn in as an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey
• Barbara Myles: First female jurat in Jersey
• Bridget Shaw: First female to serve as the Assistant Magistrate and Magistrate of Jersey

  Croatia

• Mara Ilić : First female lawyer in Croatia
• Miroslava Vekić and Erika Kocijančić: First females to serve as Judges of the Supreme Court of Croatia upon the court's creation in 1990
• Emilija Rajić and Jasna Omejec : First females to serve as Judges of the Constitutional Court of Croatia. Omejec later became the first female to serve as the Constitutional Court's President.
• Aleksandra Bogdan: First female lawyer to head the State Attorney's Office of the Republic of Croatia

  Firsts in a particular region in Croatia

• Ingrid Antičević-Marinović : First female to practice law in Zadar

  Cyprus

• Stella Soulioti : First female lawyer in Cyprus
• Gönül Başaran Erönen : First female Judge of the District Court of Cyprus
• Efi Papadopoulou : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus

  Firsts in a particular region in Cyprus

• Penelope Athinodorou-Mantis: First female lawyer in Paphos

  Czech Republic

• Matylda Mocová-Wíchová : First female lawyer in the Czech Republic
• Anny Maass is identified as the first woman lawyer, but was stripped of her right to practice law due to her Jewish background.
• :cs:Zdeňka Patschová|Zdeňka Patschová: First female judge in the 1930s when the country was a part of Czechoslovakia
• Viera Strážnická: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
• Iva Brozova, Eva Zarembová, and Ivana Janů: First females appointed as Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic respectively. Janů was the first female to serve as the Vice President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.
• Kateřina Hornochová: First female to serve as a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic when the court was restructured in 1993
• Eliška Wagnerová: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
• Michaela Bejčková, Miluše Došková, Lenka Kaniová, Lenka Matyášová, Milada Tomková, Eliška Cihlářová, Brigita Chrastilová, Dagmar Nygrínová, Marie Souckova, Marie Turkova, Ludmila Valentová and Marie Žišková: First females to serve as Judges of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic

  Denmark

• Nanna Kristensen-Randers : First female to obtain a legal diploma in Denmark
• Henny Magnussen : First female lawyer in Denmark
• Elisa Ussing : First female temporarily appointed as a Judge in the Østre Landsret. She was officially appointed to the aforementioned court in 1939.
• Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup: First female judge in Denmark
• Ingeborg Hansen: First female lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court of Denmark
• Bodil Dybdal: First woman appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Denmark
• Helga Pedersen : First female appointed as a Judge of the Strasbourg Human Rights Court

  Firsts in a particular region in Denmark

• Karen Johnsen : First female to serve as a municipal court judge in Copenhagen
• Kirsten Dyrman: First female to serve as the State Attorney for Viborg, Denmark
• Anne Mette Ovesen : First female lawyer appointed by the Ministry of Justice in Hjørring Retskreds

  Estonia

• Ilse Zimmermann : First female to graduate with a law degree in Estonia
• Margot Viirmann-Kanemägi: First female member of the Estonian Bar Association, though she was not officially registered as a lawyer until 1932
• Auguste Susi-Tannebaum and Olli Olesk: First females to apply for judicial positions, but were ultimately rejected
• Hilda Reimann and Marta Kurfeldt : First female lawyers in Estonia
• Lyubov Hütsi: First female to serve in a judicial capacity in Estonia
• Leida Puusepp and Miralda Tooma: First females appointed to the judiciary in Estonia
• Nadežda Tihanova-Veimer and Hilda Põder: First females to serve as Judges of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
• Lea Kivi and Triinu Vernik: First females appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia

  Finland

• :fi:Agnes Lundell|Agnes Lundell : First female lawyer in Finland
• Katri Hakkila: First female judge in Finland
• Lemmikki "Pet" Kekomäki : First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
• :fi:Maarit Saarni-Rytkölä|Maarit Saarni-Rytkölä : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Finland
• :fi:Ritva Hyöky|Ritva Hyöky : First female appointed as a President of a Court of Appeal in Finland
• Inkeri Anttila : First female law professor in Finland
• Pauliine Koskelo : First female justice appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Finland
• Raija Toiviainen: First female to serve as the Deputy Prosecutor General and Prosecutor General of Finland
• Tuula Linna: First female to serve as President of the Finnish Bar Association

  France

• Victorie de Villirouët: First female to act as an attorney in court during the French Revolution
• Sarmiza Bilcescu : First female to graduate with a law degree in France
• Olga Petit and Jeanne Chauvin : First female lawyers in France. Chauvin would be the first female lawyer to actually plead a case before the French court.
• Maria Vérone : First female lawyer to plead before a French assize court
• Mme. Valat: First female lawyer to plead a case before a French military court
• Paule Godinot: First female to serve as a Commissioner-in-waiting in France
• Marguerite Haller and Charlotte Béquignon-Lagarde: First female judges in France. Béquignon-Lagarde and Haller later became the first females to serve as President of the Conflict Court and preside over a French assize court respectively in France.
• Jacqueline Bauchet and Louise Cadoux: First females to serve as members of the Council of State
• Simone Veil: First female to serve as the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Magistracy
• Marcelle Pipien: First female to serve as the President of an Administrative Court in France
• Marie-Thérèse Goutmann: First female to sit on the High Court of Justice of France
• :fr:Martine Luc-Thaler|Martine Luc-Thaler : First female lawyer in the State Council and the Court of Cassation of France
• Suzanne Challe: First female to serve as the President of a Court of Appeal in France
• :fr:Simone Rozès|Simone Rozès : First female justice appointed as the President of the Court of Cassation of France
• Noëlle Lenoir: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Council of France
• Sarah Tournier: First female appointed as a Judge of the Commercial Court of France

  Firsts in a particular region in France

• Olympe Démarez : First female lawyer in the Nord Department of France
• Dietlind Baudoin: First female prosecutor of the High Court of Bourgoin-Jallieu
• Martine Valdes-Boulouque: First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Grenoble Court of Appeal, France
• Sylvie Bissaloue : First female of African descent sworn in as a lawyer at the Lyon Court of Appeal
• Nicole Pradain: First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Riom Court of Appeal, France
• Adèle Simone Levaiilant : First female lawyer admitted to the Saint-Étienne Bar
• Andrée Gervais de Lafond: First female to serve as Attorney General of Dijon
• Simone Bonamy : First female lawyer in Tours, France
• Ginette Platrier: First female appointed as a Judge and President of the Soissons Commercial Court
• Hélène Miropolsky : First female lawyer to appear before the Palais de Justice in Paris
• Myriam Ezratty: First female to serve as the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal
• Aunoo Douce François-Eloccie : First Kanak female lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar
• Catherine Champrenault: First female appointed as the Attorney General of Paris
• Marie Etcheparre : First female lawyer in Val-d'Oise
• Madame Lacomme-Thalamas : First woman admitted to the Versailles Bar
• Sylvie Petit-Leclair: First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Caen
• Gervaise Taffaleau: First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Rouen
• Cl. Vogée-Davasse: First female lawyer in Bordeaux, France
• Simone Corbineau : First female lawyer in Limoges, France
• Sylvie Moisson: First female appointed as the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Agen
• Colette Delbourg Fischer : First female lawyer in Béziers
• Marguerite Dilhan : First female lawyer to plead a case before the Court of Appeals of Toulouse
• Germaine Brière: First female lawyer admitted to the Le Mans Bar
• Monique Hélary: First female admitted to the Bar of Saint-Nazaire
• Monique Pibot-Dangléant: First female to serve as the President of the Bar of Saint-Nazaire
• Geneviève Brière: First female lawyer in Sarthe, France
• Veronica Schreiber: First female President of the Hautes-Alpes Bar
• Camille Giudicelli: First female lawyer in Marseille, France
• Geneviève Maillet: First female President of the Marseille Bar
• Mercédès Grillaud : First female lawyer registered in the Nice Bar

  Georgia

• Nino Kipiani: First female lawyer in Georgia
• Lamara Chorgolashvili: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Georgia
• Eka Tkeshelashvili : First female appointed as the Prosecutor General of Georgia
• Nino Gvenetadze: First female appointed as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia

  Firsts in a particular region in Georgia

• Firde Nizharadze: First female lawyer in Adjara

  Germany

• Anita Augsburg : First woman to earn her Doctor of Law in 1897 in Germany, though she was not allowed to practice law until after the law changed in 1922.
• :de:Maria Otto|Maria Otto : First female lawyer in Germany
• Maria Hagemeyer : First female judge in Germany after having served as an Assessor in Prussia
• Erna Scheffler : First female to serve as a Judge of the German Federal Constitutional Court
• :de:Gisela Niemeyer|Gisela Niemeyer : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Finances in the German Federal Republic and Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court
• Jutta Limbach : First female appointed as the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
• Monika Harms : First female appointed as the Attorney General of Germany
• Edith Kindermann : First female lawyer to serve as the President of the German Bar Association

  Firsts in a particular region in Germany

• Ilse Beisswanger: First female magistrate in Württemberg, Germany
• Irina Lindenberg-Lange: First female to serve as the President of the Bavarian Bar Court of the Bavarian Bar Association
• Marie Munk : First female lawyer in Berlin
• Ursula Thamm: First female judge in Hamburg, Germany after World War II
• Ella Auerbach : First female trainee lawyer in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
• Sigrid Haas: First female prosecutor and judge in Hanau, Germany
• Ilse Becker-Döring : First female lawyer in Braunschweig, Germany
• Adelheid Jäger: First female to serve as an administrative judge in Oldenburg
• Veronika Krämer: First female district court judge in Osnabrück
• Nora Platiel: First female lawyer in Bochum
• Margarete Berent : First female lawyer in the former state of Prussia, and second female lawyer in Germany
• Hiltrud Stauer: First female to serve as the Supervisory Judge of the Stromberg District Court

  Gibraltar (GBR)

• Pamela Benady : First female barrister in Gibraltar
• Dorothy Ellicott: First female Justice of the Peace in Gibraltar
• Karen Ramagge Prescott : First female judge in Gibraltar. She later became the first female Bencher of the Middle Temple.
• Gillian Guzman : First female Queen's Counsel in Gibraltar
• Janet Smith : First female appointed as a Judge of the Gibraltar Court of Appeal

  Greece

• Efharis Petridou : First female lawyer in Greece
• Anna Athanasiadou: First female judge in Greece
• :el:Ρένα Ασημακοπούλου|Rena Asimakopoulou : First female justice to serve as President of the Supreme Court of Greece
• :el:Εισαγγελέας του Αρείου Πάγου|Efterpi Kutzamani: First female appointed as the Attorney of the Supreme Court of Greece
• Catherine Sakellaropoulou: First female to serve as the President of the Council of State of Greece
• Catherine Sakellaropoulou: First female to serve as the President of the Hellenic republic.

  Firsts in a particular region in Greece

• Maria Flambouriri : First female lawyer in Piraeus
• Vasiliki Arvanta: First female lawyer to register with the Orestiada Bar Association

  Hungary

• Ilonka Hajnal: First female to study law in Hungary
• Margit Ungár : First female lawyer in Hungary Budapest, Central Hungary
• : First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary

  Iceland

• :is:Auður Auðuns|Auður Auðuns : First female lawyer in Iceland
• Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir: First female to practice law before the Supreme Court of Iceland
• Auður Þorbergsdóttir: First female judge in Iceland
• Guðrún Erlendsdóttir: First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Iceland and its President

  Ireland

• Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell : First female barristers admitted to the Irish Bar
• Mary Dorothea Heron and Helena Early : First female solicitors in Ireland
• Frances Moran : First female to take silk and become a senior counsel in Ireland
• Lady Arnott, Lady Redmond, Lady Dockrell, and Miss Palles: First women appointed as Justices of the Peace in Ireland
• Eileen Kennedy : First female judge in Ireland
• Susan Denham : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland and serve and its Chief Justice
• Mella Carroll : First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Ireland
• Catherine McGuinness : First female appointed as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Ireland
• Katherine Delahunt-O’Byrnes : First female solicitor appointed as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Ireland
• Máire Whelan First female appointed as Attorney General
• Sinead Kane : First blind female solicitor in Ireland

  Firsts in a particular region in Ireland

• Pauline Laverty : First female solicitor in Longford
• Antonia MacDonnell: First female barrister in County Meath, Ireland

  Isle of Man

• Clare Faulds : First female admitted to the Manx Bar in the Isle of Man. She was later appointed as a Senior Magistrate for the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
• Sharon Roberts: First female to serve as the President of the Isle of Man Law Society
• Jayne Hughes: First female Deputy High Bailiff of the Isle of Man Became High Bailiff in 2019.

  Italy

• Giustina Rocca: First female to act as a lawyer in an Italian court
• Lidia Poët : First female lawyer in Italy
• Teresa Labriola: First female lawyer in Italy to practice law
• Letizia De Martino, Ada Lepore, Maria Gabriella Luccioli, Graziana Calcagno Pini, Raffaella D’Antonio, Annunziata Izzo, Giulia De Marco and Emilia Capelli: First female judges in Italy. Luccioli later became the first female President of the Chamber of Cassation of Italy.
• Fernanda Contri: First female to be appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy and serve as its Vice-President
• Natasha Shehu: First Albanian lawyer in Italy
• Lucia Serena Rossi: First Italian female to serve as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union

  Firsts in a particular region in Italy

• Anna Maria Tosto: First female Attorney General of Bari
• Caterina Giglio Margherita: First female criminal lawyer in Taranto
• Giovanna Ollà: First female to serve as the President of the Rimini Bar Association
• Maria Giuseppina Truini Palomba : First female lawyer of the Province of Rieti
• Valeria Fazio: First female appointed as the Attorney General of Genoa
• Giovanna Crespellani: First female lawyer in the Sardinia Region, Italy
• Lia Sava: First female appointed as the Attorney General of Caltanissetta
• Silvana Caccarielli: First female lawyer in Empoli
• Lucia Lavagnini: First female lawyer in Massa Carrara

  Kosovo

• Nekibe Kelmendi : First female lawyer in Kosovo
• : First female judge in Kosovo
• Bademe Siqani Sllamnikut: First female prosecutor in Kosovo
• Gjyljeta Mushkolaj, Iliriana Islami, and Snezhana Botusharova: First females elected as Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo
• Arta Rama-Hajrizi: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo

  Latvia

• Otīlija Ķempele: First female lawyer in Latvia
• :lv:Rozālija Purgale|Rozālija Purgale : First female judge in Latvia
• Anita Ušacka, Ilmu Cepani, and Ilze Skultans: First females appointed as Judges of the Constitutional Court of Latvia

  Liechtenstein

• Gertrud Beck : First female lawyer in Liechtenstein
• Brigette Feger and Hilda Korner: First females to serve as Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein

  Lithuania

• Liuda Vienožinskaitė-Purėnienė : First female lawyer in Lithuania
• :lt:Elena Jackevičaitė|Elena Jackevičaitė: First female judge in Lithuania
• Teodora Staugaitienė: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania

  Luxembourg

• Marguerite Welter : First female admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, though she ultimately did not practice law
• Netty Probst : First female lawyer to actually practice law in Luxembourg. She was also the first female to serve as the Bâtonnière of the Luxembourg Bar Association.
• Jeanne Rouff: First female prosecutor in Luxembourg
• Simone Rozès: First French magistrate seconded to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
• Martine Solovieff: First female appointed as the State Attorney General of Luxembourg

  Firsts in a particular region in Luxembourg

• Raymonde Gonner-de Waha: First female to serve as a Judge of the District Court of Diekirch and its President

  Malta

• Joanna Digiorgio : First female lawyer in Malta
• Ena Cremona : First Maltese judge to serve on the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg upon the country's accession to the European Union in 2004
• Lorraine Schembri Orland: First female elected to Chambers of Advocates of Malta and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
• Abigail Lofaro and Anna Felice: First female judges in Malta

  Moldova

• :ro:Eugenia Cruşevan|Eugenia Cruşevan : First female lawyer in Moldova
• Elena Safaleru: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Moldova
• Alina Ianucenco: First female ombudsman for the Moldovan People's Advocate Office

  Monaco

• Laurence Aureglia : First female lawyer in Monaco
• Monique François: First Monegasque female magistrate appointed as the First President of the Court of Appeal of the Principality of Monaco

  Montenegro

• Ksenija Raičević: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro
• Emilija Durutović: First female to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Montenegro
• Vesna Medenica: First female appointed as a state prosecutor in Montenegro, as well as the first female President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro

  Netherlands

• Elisabeth van Dorp : First female to earn a law degree in the Netherlands, but she did not practice as an attorney
• :nl:Adolphine Kok|Adolphine Kok : First female lawyer in the Netherlands
• :nl:Johanna Clementina Hudig|Johanna Clementina Hudig : First female judge in the Netherlands
• A.A.L. "Guusje" Minkenhof : First female advocate general and first female counselor at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
• Dien Korvinus : First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Netherlands
• Winnie Sorgdragor: First female chief prosecutor of any court in the Netherlands
• Els Unger: First female to serve as the Dean of the Dutch Bar Association

  Firsts in local history in the Netherlands

• Fré le Poole: First female judge in the Drenthe Province, Netherlands
• Jacqueline Vliers : First female lawyer in Hasselt, as well as the first female deputy judge in the Limburg Province
• Elisabeth Adriaanse: First female lawyer in Roermond
• Marieke Koek: First female to serve as the President of the Breda court
• Sonja Boekman: First female to serve as Dean of the Haarlem Bar Association

  North Macedonia

• Gordana Dimitrovska Hristovska Takesz : First female lawyer in North Macedonia
• Branka Ciriviri-Antonovska: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia
• Margarita Caca Nikolovska: First Macedonian to serve as a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
• Liljana Ingilizova-Ristova: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia
• :mk:Лидија Неделкова|Lidija Nedelkova: First female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of North Macedonia

  Firsts in a particular region in Macedonia

• Liljana Sitnikoska: First female lawyer in the Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia
• Suna Naunova-Koceva: First female lawyer in the Sveti Nikole Municipality, North Macedonia

  Northern Cyprus (CYP)

• Shefika Hassan Hilmi Durduran : First Turkish Cypriot woman to have registered to practice law in Northern Cyprus
• Gönül Başaran Erönen : First female appointed as a Justice of the Northern Cyprus Supreme Court

  Norway

• :no:Cathrine Dahl|Maren Cathrine Dahl : First female in Norway to earn a law degree, but did not practice as an attorney
• Elise Sem : First female lawyer in Norway
• Ruth Sörenson: First female judge in Norway
• :no:Lilly Bølviken|Lilly Bǿlviken : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
• :no:Ellen Holager Andenæs|Ellen Holager Andenǽs: First female lawyer to become a state prosecutor
• :no:Toril Marie Øie|Toril Marie Ǿie : First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway

  Firsts in a particular region in Norway

• Kjelfrid Klanderud: First female lawyer in Hønefoss, Norway
• :no:Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal|Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal: First female councilor in Oslo

  Poland

• Helena Wiewiórska : First female lawyer in Poland
• Wanda Grabińska : First female judge in Poland
• Natalia Gajl: First female elected as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Poland
• Małgorzata Gersdorf First female to serve as the First President of the Supreme Court of Poland
• Julia Przyłębska: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland

  Firsts in a particular region in Poland

• Zofia Majmeskul-Mastalerzowa : First female lawyer in Kraków

  Portugal

• Regina Quintelitza : First female lawyer in Portugal
• Cândida Almeida: First female magistrate in Portugal
• Ruth Garcês : First female judge in Portugal
• :pt:Joana Marques Vidal|Joana Marques Vidal : First female appointed as the Attorney General of Portugal
• Maria da Assunção Esteves : First female judge in the Portuguese Constitutional Council, as well as the first female President of the Assembly of the Republic
• Isabel Marques da Silva: First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court in Portugal
• Maria Lúcia Amaral: First female to serve as the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Portugal and Ombudsman for Portugal
• Maria dos Prazeres Beleza: First female justice to serve as the Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal

  Firsts in a particular region in Portugal

• Paulina Oliveira: First female lawyer to practice on Terceira Island
• Fátima Galante: First female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Lisbon, Portugal
• Marli Dornelles Paz: First female lawyer and councilwoman in Mafra

  Romania

• Sarmiza Bilcescu : First female to register with the Romanian Bar, but did not practice as an attorney
• Ella Negruzzi : First female lawyer in Romania to practice law
• Veronica Zosin Gorgos: First female prosecutor and magistrate in Romania
• :ro:Yolanda Eminescu|Yolanda Eminescu, Sanda Rosetti, and Steliana Popescu: First female judges in Romania
• Carmen Thea Kahane: First female military prosecutor of Romania
• Aspazia Cojocaru: First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania
• Laura Codruța Kövesi: First female Attorney General of Romania
• Lidia Bărbulescu: First female judge to serve as the President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania
• Simina Avram: First female military magistrate in Romania

  Russia

• Anna Evreinova : First woman in Russia to earn a doctorate in law
• Elizaveta Fedoseevna "E.F." Kozmina: First female to practice law in Russia. Despite passing a required exam by 1875, her legal practice ended when the Minister of Justice forbade women to act as attorneys in 1876.
• :uk:Флейшиць Катерина Абрамівна|Katarina Abramovna Fleyshyts : First certified female lawyer in the Russian Empire
• :ru:Буби, Мухлиса|Mukhlisa Bubi: First female Muslim judge in the Russian Empire
• Tamara Georgievna Morshchakova: First female to serve as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

  Firsts in a particular region in Russia

• Lyutsiya Shagibalovna Gumerova: First female to serve as a Judge and Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan
• Albina Alexandrovna: First female justice to serve as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Buryatia
• Nelya Dadaeva: First female prosecutor in the Zavodskoy District of Grozny of the Chechen Republic
• Louisa Tambolatovna Kokoeva: First female doctor of legal sciences among scientists of the republics of the North Caucasus North Ossetia-Alania|
• L.P. Rushkovskaya : First female lawyer in the Siberian Federal District, Russia
• Polina Ivanovna Ilyina: First female to serve as a Judge of the Tula Regional Court
• Margarita Nikolaevna Vasilieva: First female appointed as a Judge of the Zasviyazhsky District of the City of Ulyanovsk

  San Marino

• Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini: First female to serve as a Captain Regent of the Republic of San Marino
• Maria Selva: First female lawyer to become the President of the Order of Lawyers and Notaries in San Marino

  Serbia

• :sr:Марија Милутиновић Пунктаторка|Marija Milutinović Punktatorka : First female lawyer in Serbia
• Leposava Karamarković: First female to serve as President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of the Republic of Serbia
• Bosa Nenadić: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of Serbia
• :sr:Ната Месаровић|Nata Mesarović : First female elected as the President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of the Republic of Serbia

  Firsts in a particular region in Serbia

• Milica Kulidžan: Reputed to be the first female lawyer in Kikinda, Serbia
• Branka Jankovic : First female judge appointed as the acting President of the Basic Court in Užice, Serbia

  Slovakia

• Louise Pappova : First female candidate inscribed into the list of advocates in Slovakia
• Alžbeta Cziglerová Wildmann : First female lawyer in Slovakia
• :cs:Zdeňka Patschová|Zdeňka Patschová: First female judge in the 1930s when the country was a part of Czechoslovakia
• Daniela Švecová: First female to serve as the Vice President and President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic
• Ivetta Macejková: First female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia

  Slovenia

• Zora Tominšek and Zdenka Brejc-Perne : First female lawyers in Slovenia respectively
• Francka Strmole Hlastec: First female to serve as the President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia following independence
• :sl:Miroslava Geč - Korošec|Miroslava Geč-Korošec : First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
• Dragica Wedam Lukić: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
• Mirjam Škrk: First female to serve as the Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
• :sl:Zdenka Cerar|Zdenka Cerar : First female appointed as the Attorney General of Slovenia

  Spain

• Carmen López Bonilla : First female to earn a law degree in Spain
• :es:Ascensión Chirivella Marín|María Ascensión Olivella Marín : First female registered in a bar association and to actually practice law in Spain
• Maria Lluïsa Algarra Coma: First female judge in Spain
• Elvira Fernández Almoguera Casas: First female prosecutor in Spain
• Julia Álvarez Resano: First female magistrate in Spain
• María Luisa Suárez Roldán : First female labor lawyer in Spain
• Josefina Triguero Agudo: First female appointed as a Judge of First Instance and Instruction after passing the examination
• :es:Gloria Begué|Gloria Begué: First female appointed as a magistrate and the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Spain
• Milagros Calvo: First female magistrate of the Supreme Court of Spain
• María Emilia Casas: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of Spain
• Ángela Murillo: First female to serve as a magistrate of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Spain and its President
• Consuelo Madrigal : First female appointed as the Attorney General of Spain
• :es:Clara Martínez de Careaga|Clara Martinez de Careaga : First female appointed as a magistrate of the Military Chamber of the Supreme Court of Spain
• María Elósegui: First female from Spain appointed as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France
• : First Gypsy female lawyer to represent Spain before the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance

  Firsts in a particular region in Spain

• Ceferina Soriano Martinez: First female lawyer in Elche, Spain
• Maria Teresa Zambrana Ruiz: First female judge in Sabiote

  Autonomous communities

Andalusia

• María de la Paz Pastor Romero: First female elected as the Justice of the Peace in Pedroche
• Ana Tárrago Ruiz: First female appointed as the Senior Prosecutor of Andalusia

  Malaga Province (Andalusia)

• Rosario Silva de Lapuerta: First female appointed as the State Attorney of the Málaga Province
• María Rodríguez García: First female to serve as the Chief Prosecutor of the Málaga Province

  Aragon

• Sara Maynar Escanilla: First female lawyer in the Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain
• Sara Giménez: First Gypsy female lawyer in the Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain

  Asturias

• Alicia García-Salcedo González : First female lawyer in the Principality of Asturias
• María Esther Fernández: First female appointed as the Senior Prosecutor of Asturias

  Balearic Islands

• Maria Àngels Oliver: First female elected as the Justice of the Peace in Felanitx

  Basque Country

• María Ángeles Montes: First female appointed as the Senior Prosecutor of Basque Country

  Canary Islands

• Mercedes Machado: First female lawyer in the Canary Islands

  La Palma

• Milagros Fuentes : First female lawyer in the island of La Palma

  Cantabria

• Manuela García Lemos : First female lawyer in Cantabria, Spain
• Pilar Jiménez: First female appointed as the Senior Prosecutor of Cantabria

  Castile and León

• María Dolores González Hernando: First female judge of Castile and León, Spain
• Lourdes Rodríguez Rey: First female to lead the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain
• Selene de la Fuente: First Gypsy female lawyer in León, Spain

  Castilla–La Mancha

Albacete Province

• María Dolores Moral García: First female lawyer in Albacete, Spain

  Catalonia

• Maria Soteras i Mauri : First female lawyer in Barcelona, Spain
• :es:María Eugenia Alegret|María Eugenia Alegret : First female judge appointed as President of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia

  Community of Madrid

• Alba Vaquero: First female to serve as the Justice of the Peace for Soto de Real

  Navarre

• María Lacunza: First Navarrese female admitted to the Bar Association of Pamplona

  Valencia

• Juana Peris: First female Justice of the Peace in Ondara, Spain

  Svalbard and Jan Mayen (NOR)

• Monica Hansen Nylund: First female judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal

  Sweden

• Elsa Eschelsson : First female in Sweden to earn a doctorate in law. She committed suicide when she could not find employment.
• Anna Pettersson: First female in Sweden to open her own law agency and practice as a legal agent
• Eva Andén and Mathilda Staël von Holstein : First two female lawyers in Sweden
• Anna Bugge-Wicksell : First female "member of the League of Nations' permanent mandate commission"
• Birgit Spångberg: First female judge in Sweden
• Ingrid Gärde Widemar : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden
• Hedvig Anna-Lisa Vinberg: First female to serve as a Supreme Court Counsel in Sweden
• Anne Ramberg : First female lawyer to serve as the Secretary General for the Swedish Bar Association beginning in 2000
• Petra Lundh: First female to serve as the National Prosecutor of Sweden

  Firsts in a particular region in Sweden

• Elsa-Britta Hilding: First female lawyer in Gävle, Sweden

  Switzerland

• Emilie Kempin-Spyri : First female to graduate with a law degree in Switzerland, but denied the ability to practice as an attorney
• :de:Anna Mackenroth|Anna Mackenroth : First female lawyer in Switzerland and Zurich, Switzerland
• Ita Maria Eisenring: First female prosecutor and Swiss cantonal judge in Switzerland
• :de:Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger|Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger : First female substitute judge and Judge of the Federal Court of Switzerland
• Anne Colliard: First female appointed as the Attorney General of Switzerland
• Salome Zimmermann: First female secret service judge in Switzerland

  Firsts in a particular region in Switzerland

• :fr:Nelly Schreiber-Favre|Nelly Schreiber-Favre : First female lawyer in Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
• Marianne Jeger: First female elected as a Judge of the Solothurn High Court
• Antoinette Quinche : First female lawyer in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
• Verena Bräm: First female judge of the Winterthur District Court and the Zurich High Court

  Transnistria (MDA)

• Ivanova Olga Dmitrievna and Valentina Nikolaevna Chebotar: First females to serve as the Chairperson and Deputy of the Supreme Court of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika respectively

  Turkey

• Suat Hilmi Berk : First female judge in Turkey
• :tr:Süreyya Ağaoğlu|Süreyya Ağaoğlu : First female lawyer in Turkey
• Nezahet Güreli and Beyhan Hanım: First females appointed as Judges of the Court of First Instance of Turkey
• Melahat Ruacan: First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey
• : First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court of Turkey
• Füruzan İkincioğulları: First female to serve as the President of the Council of State of Turkey
• : First female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Auditors of Turkey
• Aysel Çelikel: First female to become a Dean in a Faculty of Law in Turkey
• Tülay Tuğcu: First female judge to become President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
• Şebnem Günaydın: First female to serve as the Secretary General of the Supreme Court of Turkey

  Firsts in a particular region in Turkey

• Mürüvvet Yener: First female judge in Adana
• Bly San Masson: First female judge in Constantinople

  Ukraine

• : First female to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
• Lyudmila Fedorovna Malinnikova and Lyudmila Pantelievna Chubar: First females appointed as Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
• Suzanne Romanovna Stanik: First female to serve as a Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
• Anna Yudkovskaya: First Ukrainian female to serve as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
• Valentyna Danishevska : First female justice to serve as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
• Natalia Shaptala: First female to serve as the President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
• Iryna Venediktova: First female to serve as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

  Firsts in a particular region in Ukraine

• Natalia Poklonskaya: First female appointed as the Attorney General of Crimea
• Tatiana Oleksandrivna Drachuk: First female appointed as a Judge of the Vinnytsia Administrative Court of Appeal

  United Kingdom

• Letitia Alice Walkington: First female to graduate with a degree of Bachelor of Laws in Great Britain or Ireland
• Madge Easton Anderson : First female solicitor in the United Kingdom
• Ada Summers: First female to officially become a Justice of the Peace in the United Kingdom
• Helena Normanton : First female barrister in the United Kingdom. She and Rose Heilbron became the first female Queen's Counsels in 1949.
• Linda Dobbs : First Black female to serve as a Judge of the High Court in the United Kingdom
• Brenda Marjorie Hale : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and serve as its President. She was also the first female to become a Law Lord in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Bobbie Cheema-Grubb: First Asian female to serve as a Judge of the High Court in the United Kingdom

  Great Britain

• Kathleen Hoahing : First female to qualify as a solicitor in Great Britain. She would relocate soon afterwards to China.

  England and Wales

• Eliza Orme: First female to earn a law degree in England. She was not called to the English Bar until later in the 1920s after the first female pioneers.
• Emily Duncan: First female Justice of the Peace in England
• Carrie Morrison : First female solicitor in England
• Ivy Williams : First female barrister called to the Bar of England and Wales. Although she was admitted the same year as Helena Normanton, Williams opted to teach law rather than practice as a barrister.
• Sybil Campbell : First female judge in England
• Agnes Twiston Hughes : First female solicitor in Wales
• Rose Heilbron : First female appointed as a Judge of the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales
• Elizabeth Lane : First female appointed as a Judge of the County Court and Judge of the High Court in England
• Elizabeth Butler-Sloss : First female appointed as the Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
• Elizabeth Gloster : First female appointed as a Judge of the Commercial Court of England and Wales
• Nicola Davies : First Welsh female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. She was also the first female barrister to become Queen's Counsel in Wales.
• Patricia Scotland : First female appointed as the Attorney General of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Harriet Harman : First female appointed as the Solicitor-General of England and Wales
• June Venters: First female solicitor to become Queen's Counsel in England and Wales
• Meeno Chawla : First Afghan Sikh called to the Bar of England and Wales
• Patricia Scotland : First female appointed as the Attorney General of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Barbara Calvert : First female to be elected a Middle Temple Bencher and the first female Queen's Counsel to be appointed as a full-time Chair of Industrial Tribunals

  Firsts in a particular region in England and Wales

• Myrella Cohen : First female barrister, first female Queen's Counsel and the first female to occupy professional judicial office in the North East Region, England
• Angela Gladwell Tuckett: First female solicitor in Bristol
• Janet Mack : First female solicitor in Cheltenham
• Catherine Turner : First female solicitor in Hartlepool
• Edith Sessions: First female magistrate in Gloucestershire
• Anne Ashton : First female solicitor in Winchester
• Ada Croft Baker: Reputed to be the first female magistrate in Lincolnshire
• Gertrude Tuckwell: First female magistrate in London
• Elsie Bowerman : First female barrister to practice at the Old Bailey, London
• Cornelia Sorabji: First female to obtain a law degree from the University of Oxford
• Edith Williams: First female solicitor in Shropshire, England

  Scotland

• Eveline MacLaren and Josephine Gordon Stuart : First female law graduates in Scotland. They both obtained an LLB degree from the Faculty of Law at Edinburgh Law School.
• Margaret Kidd : First female member admitted to the Scottish Bar
• Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove : First female judge in Scotland
• Elish Angiolini : First female lawyer to become the Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate of Scotland
• Janette Wilson: First female solicitor for the Church of Scotland

  Northern Ireland

• Sheelagh Murnaghan : First female barrister in Northern Ireland
• Eilis McDermott : First female lawyer to become a Queen's Counsel in Northern Ireland
• Corinne Philpott : First female judge in Northern Ireland
• Denise McBride and Siobhan Keegan : First females appointed as Judges of the High Court in Northern Ireland

  Firsts in a particular region in Northern Island

• Lady Pirrie : First female magistrate in Belfast, Ireland
• Rosemary Nelson: First woman to set up a law practice in Lurgan

  Vatican City (Holy See)

• Silvia Monica Correale: First female lawyer in Vatican City
• Maria Voce: First female lawyer in Holy See

  Key

• AZE = Breakaway state in Azerbaijan
• CYP = Partially recognized state in Cyprus
• DNK = Constituent country of Denmark
• FIN = Autonomous administrative division of Finland
• GBR = British overseas territory of the United Kingdom
• GEO = Unitary semi-presidential republic in Georgia
• MDA = Territorial unit and de facto independent state of Moldova
• NOR = Unincorporated area of Norway
• SRB = Partially recognized state in Serbia