

Jane Bolin was the first Black woman to graduate fronm an Ivy League Law School (Yale ). She was also the first Black woman to be sworn in as a judge in the U.S. She served as a judge in New York. She was sworn in at the age of 31 in 1939. She erved om the bench for 40 years.
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"Jane Bolin, 1st Black Woman to Graduate from Yale Law.." Historianspeaks, February 12, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/jane-bolin-1st-black-woman-to-graduate-from-yale-law.
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