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When was the law allowing women to practice before the US Supreme Court signed?
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In March 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed into law "An Act to Relieve Certain Legal Disabilities of Women," enabling women to practice in the federal court system. Belva Ann Lockwood became the first woman admitted to the US Supreme Court bar under the new law.
Ironically, while Lockwood was permitted to practice before the Supreme Court, she was unable to gain admission to the bar in neighboring Virginia. In late 1880, she argued before the Justices for a writ of mandamus (a legal order requiring an official to take, or refrain from taking, action within his scope of responsibility) compelling the Commonwealth of Virginia to admit her to its bar. The Court denied her request, citing an earlier case, Bradwell v. the State, 16 US 130 (1872), where they affirmed an Illinois Supreme Court ruling preventing Myra Bradwell, a law school graduate who had passed the bar exam, from practicing law in that state.
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