A MODERN PORTIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 355, 4 March 1902, Page 3

A MODERN PORTIA.

LADY TAKES L.L.D; AFTER POSTAL

TUITION,

If a woman makes up her mind to do a thing she will. 'That is why Miss E. Temple Orme is the first lady L.L.D. of London University. As of old, men laughed and remarked <• pshaw 1 ” at the possibility of feminine applicants being granted tho coveted degree. But the samo men to-day have changed their minds, and there is nothing but admiration for London’s first Portia in real life. Miss Orme’s success is all the more remarkable inasmuch as she did not prepare for examination in the usual manner. She took up the study of law by correspondence, and in this manner went through the entire course from jurisprudence to international law. Miss Orme passed the London matriculation in June, 1896, and decided, upon the advice of her father, to begin studying law. After adopting tho correspondence method of study, and after three years of hard, unremitting work, she took thirdclass honors in the L.L.D. examination. Miss Orme was then advised by her friends to read for the L.L.D. degree, and she did so without hesitation, being anxious to pursue her legal studies still further.

A few weeks ago she passed this examination, and lias since received congratulations from many well-known people upon her success. Miss Orme is anxious that her example may be followed by other girls, and that a greater interest be manifested in legal studies. She writes interestingly in this connection of tho lucrative employment within reach of those who successfully pass the examinations. “If women entered seriously into the study of law,” she says, “ no doubt the legal profession would in time be opened to them, just as medicine has been. The nobler sex would not be able—-nor, indeed, would the more liberal minded of them desire —to keep ladies from the practice of the law. I look forward to the time when a woman shall be as free to advise, advocate, and judge professionally as she is to heal the sick.”