In re Lockwood

The Supreme Court stated that a woman could not be admitted to the bar because she was under a common law disability: she did not have the right to enter into contracts with third persons without the permission of her husband.

Topics

• Employment discrimination
• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• U.S. - Federal Courts and Various States

Keywords

• women practicing law
• law practice
• women in law
• legal profession
• 1894
• united states

Year

• 1894

External URL

• In re Lockwood

Court

• United States Supreme Court

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• United States