In the 1998 Birthday Honours, Medlicott was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the legal profession, education and the community, and received an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Otago.
In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Medlicott was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the legal profession, education and the community. The same year she received an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Otago.