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List of first women lawyers and judges in Oceania

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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Australia and Oceania. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree.

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American Samoa (USA)

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Main article: List of first women lawyers and judges in U.S. territories

Australia

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Edith Cowan: First female magistrate in Australia (1920)

Norfolk Island

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Federated States of Micronesia

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Fiji

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Patricia Hackett: First female lawyer to take out a practicing lawyer's certificate in Fiji (c. 1930)

French Polynesia (FRA)

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  • Denise Goupil (1961):[52] First female lawyer in French Polynesia. In 1977, she became the first female to serve as the Bâtonnier of the Papeete Bar Association.[53]
  • Marie-France Luneau:[54] First female juvenile court judge in French Polynesia (upon her appointment to the Papeete Court of First Instance in 1984)
  • Andrée Conre:[55] First female to serve as the First President of the Court of Appeal of French Polynesia (Papeete) (1994)
  • Solène Belaouar:[56] First female public prosecutor in French Polynesia (2023)

Guam (USA)

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Main article: List of first women lawyers and judges in U.S. territories

Kiribati

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Marshall Islands

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  • Rosalie Konou (1983):[64] First female lawyer in the Marshall Islands
  • Grace Lokboj-Leban:[65][66][67][68] First female appointed as a full-time Judge of the Traditional Rights Court in Marshall Islands (2010) and serve as its Chief Judge (2020)
  • Vanessa Tzoannos:[69] First Greek (female) lawyer qualified to practice law in the Marshall Islands (2019)

Nauru

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New Caledonia (FRA)

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  • Solange Drollet (1971):[75][76] First female lawyer to open a law office in New Caledonia (1974)[77]
  • Thérèse Pelletier (1977):[78] First female admitted to practice law in New Caledonia per the Nouméa Bar Association's records
  • Renée Reuter:[79] First female to serve as the President of the Bar of Nouméa (Bâtonnier au Barreau de Nouméa)
  • Augusta Filippi:[80] First female to serve as the President of the Nouméa Court of Appeal (1979) [jurisdiction over New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna]
  • Annie Brunet-Fuster:[81] First female to serve as an Attorney General in New Caledonia (upon becoming the Attorney General of the Nouméa Court of Appeal; her service ended in 2015)
  • Nadine Pidjot (2017):[82] First Kanak female lawyer in New Caledonia (upon being called to the Bar of Nouméa)
  • Estelle Sitrita-Streeter:[83] First Kanak female judicial commissioner (bailiff) in New Caledonia (2020)
  • Océane Uhila-Trolue:[84] First Kanak female judge in New Caledonia (upon her appointment to the Court of Appeal in 2024)

New Zealand

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Cook Islands

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Niue

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  • Sarah Reeves (1985):[113][114] First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Niue (2014)

Tokelau

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Northern Mariana Islands (USA)

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Main article: List of first women lawyers and judges in U.S. territories

Palau

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  • Ernestine Rengiil (1987):[119][120] First Palauan female lawyer in Palau. She is also known as the first Palauan female to serve as the Attorney General of Palau (1992).
  • Janet Healy Weeks:[31][32][33][34] First female to serve as a part-time associate judge in Palau (1993)
  • Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau Senior:[120][121] First female judge in Palau (upon her appointment as an Associate Judge of the Land Court in 1999)
  • Kathleen M. Salii:[120] First female appointed as an Associate Justice of the Palau Supreme Court (2000)
  • Lourdes F. Materne:[120] First female appointed as a Senior Judge of the Palau Court of Common Pleas (2003)

Papua New Guinea

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Meg Taylor: First female lawyer in Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands (GBR)

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Samoa

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Solomon Islands

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Tonga

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Tuvalu

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According to Kofe and Taomia (2007), women have served as Island Court magistrates in Tuvalu though their names were not identified.[177]

Vanuatu

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See also

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