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List of Sydney Law School alumni

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In its over 160-year history, the Sydney Law School has produced a prominent group of alumni. The following is a list of some of these prominent alumni.

Courts and tribunals

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International Court of Justice

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High Court of Australia

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As of 2017, Sydney Law School has produced 18 out of 52 Justices of the High Court of Australia (with the University of Sydney more broadly having produced 24).[1]

Supreme Court of New South Wales

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Chief Justices of the NSW Supreme Court:

Presidents of the NSW Court of Appeal

Judges of the NSW Court of Appeal:

In 1999 legal history was made when Justices Virginia Bell, Margaret Beazley and Carolyn Simpson sat together, forming the first all-female bench in an Australian court. According to the Women Lawyers Association of NSW, there had never been an all-female bench in England or New Zealand.[3]

Judges of the NSW Supreme Court:

Federal Court of Australia

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Supreme Court of Tasmania

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Supreme Court of Western Australia

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Solicitors-General of Australia

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Politics

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Business

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Academia

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Academics

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Rhodes scholars

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24 Rhodes scholars including:[12]

Arts, media, and entertainment

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Sport

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References

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  1. ^ 17 of the 24 justices studied for law degrees at the University of Sydney; the remainder studied at the University at a time before the Sydney Law School offered a full programme of legal study.
  2. ^ https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/honorary-awards/m/the-hon-dennis-mahoney-ao-qc.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Media Watch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Biography of Justice Steven Rares". 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWBarAssocNews/2007/63.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "News | The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ^ "New Federal Court judge a chip off the old block | Lawyers Weekly". www.lawyersweekly.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Biography of Justice Burley". 15 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Biography of Justice Lee". 25 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Role & Curriculum Vitae of The Lieutenant Governor". Governor of Tasmania. State of Tasmania. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Estate of Barbara Holborow". Penguin Books. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Sydney Law School: Rhodes Scholars 1904-2013". Sydney Law School.
  13. ^ "Professor Peter Cane | Squire Law Library". squire.law.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Institute of Advanced Study : Professor Peter Cane - Durham University". dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Eleven Wentworth | Eleven Wentworth". elevenwentworth.com.au. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  16. ^ "News | The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Our Scholar exceeds at Oxford".
  18. ^ "Two Sydney Law School alumni top at Oxford".