Mentschikoff, Soia
1915 - 1964

Details
Born: 2/4/1915
Died: 6/18/1964
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts

Practice Area:
Commercial Law
International Law
Profession:
Commercial law
International law
Regions and States of Practice:
IL, Midwest
MA, Northeast
NY, Northeast
Legal Education:
Columbia Law School, 1937
Other Education:
Hunter College (1934)
Positions During Her Career:
Associate at Scandrett, Tuttle, & Chalaire (1937-1941)
General counsel at a small mannequin company (1941)
Associate "expert" in labor relations at Spence Windels, Wolser, Hotchkiss, & Angell (1941-1944)
Partner at Spence, Hotchkiss, Parker and Duryee (1944-1949)
Professor at Harvard Law School (1947-1949)
Professor at Chicago Law School (1951-1962)
Visiting professor at the University of Miami Law School (1967-1973)
Dean of the University of Miami Law School (1973-1982)
On the Panel of Arbitrators (1980)
Firsts:
Woman partner in a major Wall Street firm - Spence, Hotchkiss, Parker and Duryee (1944)
Woman professor at Harvard Law School (1947)
Woman to teach at Chicago Law School (1951)
Woman president of American Association of Law Schools (1973)
Accomplishments:
Received an honorary degree from Georgetown Law center (1980)


Further Research Materials

References:
Susan Ware (Editor) and Stacy Braukman, Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing The Twentieth Century. The Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2004.
Dawn Bradley Berry, The 50 Most Influential Women in American Law. Los Angeles: Contemporary Books (1996).
Rebecca Mae Salokar and Mary L. Volcansek (Eds.), Women in Law: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1996).
Noram Lee Browning, Woman Invades Harvard, Chicago Daily Tribune, April 27, 1947, at G2

Links:

Student Papers:
Soia Mentschikoff: First Woman Everything
Facher, Betsy, 1997