In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries,a King's Counsel is a senior trial lawyer appointed by the monarch of the country as a 'Counsel learned in the law'. When the reigning monarch is a woman,the title is called Queen's Counsel.
David Morritz de Kretser,is an Australian medical researcher who served as the 27th Governor of Victoria,from 2006 to 2011.
Marilyn Louise Warren is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and lieutenant-governor of Victoria,Australia.
Monash University Faculty of Law,or Monash Law School,is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1963,it is based in Melbourne,Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally,and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
Lex Lasry is an Australian lawyer and a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2007 to 2018. He continues to preside over hearings when called upon as a reserve judge.
Paul de Jersey,is an Australian jurist who served as the 26th governor of Queensland,in office from 29 July 2014 to 1 November 2021. He was Chief Justice of Queensland from 1998 to 2014.
Ian William Upjohn,is an Australian barrister and Army Reserve officer,and recipient of the Conspicuous Service Cross.
Felicity Pia Hampel is a prominent Australian human rights lawyer and,since 2005,judge of the County Court of Victoria. Hampel's career as a barrister began in 1981,and she became a Senior Counsel in 1996.
Stuart Morris is an Australian lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and as President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) from 2003 until 2007. Former Chairman of the Victorian Government's Local Government Commission,1986 under the Cain Government. Stuart Morris worked as a barrister,and was one of Australia's leading lawyers in planning law. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1991.
Peter Cadden Heerey was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 1990 to 2009.
Linda Marion Dessau is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th Governor of Victoria from 2015 to 2023. She is the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office. She was previously a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013.
Donnell Michael Ryan was an Australian barrister,solicitor and judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He served on the Federal Court of Australia from 29 September 1986 until 2 June 2011 and was a member of the Victorian Bar.
Mark Samuel Weinberg is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria from July 2008 to May 2018. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia who served from July 1998 to July 2008.
Neil John Young is a Melbourne barrister and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia on which he served from 30 November 2005 to 24 January 2007.
John Digby is an Australian lawyer and a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria,in the Australian state of Victoria.
Elizabeth Helen Curtain is a retired judge,serving successively on the benches of the County Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria,in the Australian state of Victoria,and currently Chair of the Adult Parole Board of Victoria.
Major General Gregory Howard "Greg" Garde,is a senior Australian lawyer and Army officer. His positions and appointments have included Queen's Counsel,Supreme Court Justice,President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal,and membership of various boards of directors.
Jennifer Davies is an Australian judge who sat in the Supreme Court of Victoria from 2009 until she was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in 2013.
Julie Anne Dodds-Streeton is a Reserve Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She was formerly a judge of the Federal Court of Australia,having served for four years from February 2010. Prior to that,she was a Justice of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Victoria,having previously been a Judge of the Trial Division of that Court from 2002.
Alfred Martin Daubney was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2007. He is an honorary fellow of the Australian Catholic University,a member of the senate of the University of Queensland and president of the King’s College council at the University of Queensland. In July 2021 he was appointed chancellor of the Australian Catholic University and took up the position in January 2022.
