Cornelia Sorabji: She Was The First Indian Woman To Become A Lawyer

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She had helped a lot for women and orphans in fighting for their legal rights. Finally, in the year 1924, law became a legal profession in India for woman, then she started practicing in Calcutta. She got retired in 1929 from the High Court and went to the London. She had set a trend against the persisting conservatism in Indian society.

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She joined the Somerville College in 1889 and cleared the Bachelor of Civil Law in 1892, but was not awarded a degree as she was a woman—she only got the official degree after 1920, when they agreed to give degrees to women. She decided to return to India as a lawyer in 1893. She got involved in the social and advisory works after returning to India. Even after getting the law degree, she could not be recognized as a barrister until the law was changed in 1924. Later in 1904, she was assigned as a Lady Assistant at the Court of Wards, Bengal. She had helped a lot for women and orphans in fighting for their legal rights. Finally, in the year 1924, law became a legal profession in India for woman, then she started practicing in Calcutta. She got retired in 1929 from the High Court and went to the London. She had set a trend against the persisting conservatism in Indian society.