Louise Steelman of Montclair served as chairman of the League's Committee on the Legal Status of Women, founded in 1927. This committee was charged “to secure for women a larger freedom and a true equality with men before the law.” It studied marriage and divorce laws, property rights, women's employment, the care of women offenders and many other issues. In the mid-1930s, Steelman led a campaign to secure full equality for women in jury service. Although women were legally entitled to serve on all jury panels, a League survey revealed that a few counties (particularly Essex, Mrs. Steelman's home) did not include women on their jury lists. In conjunction with Federal Judge William Clark, Steelman arranged for jury schools to train citizens and promote women's participation in juries. In 1937, Clark appointed Steelman as the first woman Jury Commissioner in the country.