Ethel Benjamin studied for a law degree without knowing whether she would ever be able to practise. On 6 April 1897, she graduated with her degree from Otago University — a landmark event in New Zealand legal history. This docudrama highlights the many obstacles and struggles she would face throughout her career as the first woman in law, including exclusion from Law Society events, ostracism from others in the legal arena, and having her legal acumen tested constantly. Benjamin would eventually leave New Zealand with her husband in 1908, and died in a road accident in 1943 at 68 years old.