Dr Caroline Derry

  • Middle-Temple
    Feature

    Olive Clapham – ‘first woman barrister’

    10 May 2021

    On 25 May 1921, The Times published the bar final examination results. For the first time, the list of successful candidates included a woman: Olive Catherine Clapham. The newspaper marked this milestone with a short article highlighting her achievement, headlined ‘The First Woman Barrister’.