Meet Judge Constance Baker Motley – the first African-American woman to serve as a federal judge. She clerked for future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and was the lead trial attorney ...

The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the contributions of Judge Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights pioneer and judiciary trailblazer, as the 47th honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series.

The 19 African-American women in judgeships in Harris County include Judge Shannon Baldwin, Judge Lucia Bates, Judge Ronnisha Bowman, Judge Sharon M. Burney, Judge Dedra Davis, Judge Linda Marie ...

Roberts is part of the 11% of the nation’s federal judges who are Black, of which 38% are women according to a report from the American Bar Association. That means more diversity is needed.

First female African American Presiding Judge in Jackson County . ... And According to data by the Federal Judicial Center— only 5.7% of all active federal judges are Black women.

President Joe Biden is reshaping the federal judiciary in a historic way, appointing a record-breaking 40 Black women judges during his presidency. This achievement not only fulfills a campaign ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice for the next chief judge, Rowan Wilson, was confirmed 40-19 by the State Senate on Tuesday. Wilson becomes the first African-American chief judge.

Jackson County Circuit Court announced Judge Jalilah Otto as the court’s newest presiding judge and the first African American to take on the role in the court’s nearly 200-year history.

In 1918, Gertrude Rush became the first African American woman licensed to practice law in Iowa. "She was a giving person, but she was a warrior too," Attorney Vicky Long Hill said.