After a long straggle women have won admission to the
Bar. The Sex Disqualification Removal Bill received the Royal Assent last week, and on Monday two women entered as students at the ancient Inns, one at the Middle Temple and one at Lin- coln's 'Inn. One of these ladies, Mrs. Thomson, has long been a well-known leader in the fight. In 1913, when she had been refused admission, she tested her case in the Law Courts, and appealed in vain when she had lost it. The admission of women*to the Bar became inevitable when • they received the franchille.' When it was recognized that women ought to vote for Parlittinent and to sit in Parliament they could no longer be refused the right to plead in the Law Courts. It is easy to imagine special forms of legal work which will be peculiarly appropriate to women.
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