List of Sydney Law School alumni

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

International Court of Justice

High Court of Australia

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

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

Supreme Court of Tasmania

Supreme Court of Western Australia

Solicitors-General of Australia

Politics

Business

Academia

Academics

Rhodes scholars

24 Rhodes scholars including:[12]

Vinerian Scholars

Arts, media, and entertainment

Sport

References

  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
  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
  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".
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