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Juanita Elizabeth Jackson Mitchell (January 2, 1913 – July 7, 1992) was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and was the first African-American woman to practice law in Maryland. She was married to Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. , mother of two Maryland State Senators , and grandmother of one.
The court held a special session to honor Draper on October 26, nearly 166 years to the day that Draper was denied his license to practice law in the state because he was a Black man.
Melony G. Griffith, Larry Hogan and Adrienne A. Jones enacting Maryland law in April 2022. The Annotated Code of Maryland, published by The Michie Company, is the official codification of the statutory laws of Maryland. It is organized into 36 named articles. The previous code, organized into numbered articles, has been repealed. [1]
There is a law in Maryland that prevents the use of "stench bombs," also commonly referred to as stink bombs. Bizarre New York Laws Include Restrictions, Penalties For Taking A Selfie With A Tiger
Bonnie G. Schneider (1988): [52] First female judge in Cecil County, Maryland; Donine Carrington (1995): [48] First African American female to serve on the Charles County Circuit Court (2017) [Charles County, Maryland] Betty Bright Nelson (c. 1950s): [53] First woman to practice law in Dorchester County, Maryland
A Maryland town swore in Black lawmakers Monday for the first time in its 200-year history.
Black women of this period continued to break barriers. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed became the first Black woman editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1982. [14] In 2021, there were 28 Black women law school deans in the United States, an all time high. [15] In 2018, 19 Black women were elected to the Harris County courts in Houston. [16]
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, Inc. (also known as The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus) is an American political organization composed of African Americans elected to the Maryland General Assembly. [1] Incorporated in 1970, the Caucus membership has grown from 17 to 64 and is the largest state legislative black caucus in the ...