2006-2007 Madame Annie McDonald Langstaff - Barreau de Montréal

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• mandamus order in Superior Court,

• was responsible for submitting the legal question that resulted in allowing women to practice law.

• Act allowing the accession of women to the practice of law,

• April 1941

• honor the memory of Ms. Langstaff by posthumously awarding her the Medal of the Bar of Montreal for her unique contribution to the cause of justice.

• was refused permission to take the Bar

• examinations

• she was turned town,

• until the legislation was finally changed in 1941.

• Throughout her professional life, Annie M. Langstaff could not be admitted to the legal profession even though she had obtained her degree with First Class Honours.