page_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in Oceania
section_title: Fiji
hierarchical_section_title: List of first women lawyers and judges in Oceania / Fiji
caption_attribution_description: English: Patricia Hackett (1908-1963) Australian barrister, theatrical producer and actress
context_page_description: This is a list of the first women lawyer and judge in Australia and Oceania. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree.
context_section_description: Patricia Hackett (1936): First female lawyer to take out a practicing lawyer's certificate in Fiji
  Mere Pulea: First Fijian female to earn a law degree. She was later appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Fiji.
  Vusega Helu: First female (of Tongan descent) magistrate in Fiji (c. 1980s)
  Nazhat Shameem (1983): First female judge (who is of Indo-Fijian descent) in Fiji (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court of Fiji in 1999). She was also the first woman lawyer in Fiji's Department of Public Prosecutions.
caption: Patricia Hackett: First female lawyer to take out a practicing lawyer's certificate in Fiji (c. 1930)
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