https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak en-us 2022-11-01 00:46:24 UTC 2025-11-12 10:47:45 UTC hello@padlet.com sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364117822 On the front of the chair you'll see an excerpt from the Magna Carta in its original Latin.

It's a section from Clause 39 stating that no one is to be imprisoned without "lawful judgement of his peers", the fundamental principle of trial by jury in common-law legal systems across the world.]]> 2022-11-01 00:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364117822 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364120011 The back of the chair shows Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to practise law in India.

She became a legal advocate for women in purdah in India, whose religious and cultural systems prevented them from speaking to men from outside their family]]> 2022-11-01 00:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364120011 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364124882 2022-11-01 00:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364124882 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364125919 2022-11-01 00:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364125919 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364130180 She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University. Returning to India after her studies at Oxford, Sorabji became involved in social and advisory work on behalf of the purdahnashins, women who were forbidden to communicate with the outside male world, but she was unable to defend them in court since, as a woman, she did not hold professional standing in the Indian legal system. Hoping to remedy this, Sorabji presented herself for the 1897 examination of Bombay University in 1897 and the pleader's examination of Allahabad High Court. She became the first female advocate in India but would not be recognised as a barrister until the law which barred women from practising was changed in 1923.]]> 2022-11-01 01:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364130180 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364131229 She was involved with several social service campaigning groups, including the National Council for Women in India, the Federation of University Women, and the Bengal League of Social Service for Women. She opposed the imposition of Western perspectives on the movement for women's change in India, and took a cautious approach to social reform, opposing rapid change. Sorabji believed that until all women were educated, political reform would not be of genuine lasting value. She supported the British Raj, and purdah for upper-caste Hindu women, and opposed Indian self-rule. Her views prevented her obtaining the support needed to undertake later social reforms. Sorabji authored multiple publications, which were influential in the early 20th century.]]> 2022-11-01 01:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364131229 sofyadun https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364132508 In 2012, a bust of her was unveiled at Lincoln's Inn, London.]]> 2022-11-01 01:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sofyadun/m30t715wwfw5stak/wish/2364132508