In re Bradwell

At the last term of the court, Mrs. Myra Bradwell applied for a license as an attorney, at law, presenting the ordinary certificates of character and qualifications. The license was refused, and it was stated, as a sufficient reason, that under the decisions of this court, the applicant, as a married woman, would be bound neither by her express contracts, nor by those implied contracts, which it is the policy of the law to create between attorney and client.

Since the announcement of our decision, the applicant has filed a printed argument, in which her right to a license is earnestly and ably…