In memory of
Jane Bolin

Jane Bolin

11 April 1908 — 8 January 2007
Poughkeepsie · Queens
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Jane Matilda Bolin was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association, and the first to join the New York City Law Department. Bolin became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939.

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