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African-American women lawyers

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Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Ketanji Brown Jackson

American lawyer and jurist (born 1970)

American attorney and politician (born 1952)

Sheila Jackson Lee

American lawyer and politician (1950–2024)

Jasmine Crockett

Jasmine Felicia Crockett is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.

American attorney and advocate (born 1967)

American abolitionist (1823–1893)

American politician (born 1958)

Stacey Plaskett

American politician (born 1966)

Sheila Abdus-Salaam

Tanya S. Chutkan

United States District Judge

Kathleen Neal Cleaver

American activist (born 1945)

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States

American district judge

Debra Martin Chase

American film producer

Violet King Henry

First Black graduate of the University of Alberta's faculty of law and the first Black woman to practise law in Canada after being called to the bar in 1954.

State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Ciruit Court of Florida

American heptathlete

American lawyer, television personality, fashion designer, author and women's and diversity advocate (born 1962)

American lawyer

Janice Rogers Brown

United States federal judge