The purpose of the Monash University Faculty of Arts is 'the pursuit,advancement and application of knowledge in the humanities,social and environmental sciences and creative and performing arts'. It offers degrees from undergraduate to PhD level. Entrance into the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts program is competitive,as it is the most popular Arts degree among university applicants in Victoria.
Graeme Douglas Johnstone was the state coroner of Victoria,Australia from 1994 to 2007. He retired on 29 November 2007,and was replaced by Judge Jennifer Coate. He is noted for often personally visiting the scenes of deaths that fell within his jurisdiction.
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.
Sir Henry Arthur Winneke,was a Chief Justice of Victoria and the 21st Governor of Victoria,from 1974 to 1982.
John Spence Winneke,was a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and President of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria,which is the highest ranking court in the Australian state of Victoria.
Sue Gordon is an Aboriginal retired magistrate from Western Australia who has been locally and nationally honoured for her work with Aboriginal people and in community affairs. She is known for being chair of the Gordon Inquiry in 2002.
Ian Gray AM is a retired Victorian State Coroner at the Coroners Court of Victoria and judge.
The Children's Court of Victoria is a statutory court created in Victoria,Australia. The court deals with criminal offences alleged to be committed by children aged between 10 and 17 and with proceedings concerning children under the age of 17 relating to the care and protection of children.
Kevin Harcourt Bell is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria,in the Australian state of Victoria.
Meryl Sexton is a Judge of the County Court in Victoria,Australia,appointed in August 2001.
Peter David McClellan is a retired judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal who served between February 2013 and February 2018. McClellan was the Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse from January 2013 to December 2017. He was previously the Chief Judge in Common Law in the Supreme Court,a position to which he was appointed in 2005.
Donnell Michael Ryan is a barrister,solicitor and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He served on the Federal Court of Australia from 29 September 1986 until 2 June 2011. He is currently a member of the Victorian Bar.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was a royal commission announced in November 2012 and established in 2013 by the Australian government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to inquire into and report upon responses by institutions to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia. The establishment of the commission followed revelations of child abusers being moved from place to place instead of their abuse and crimes being reported. There were also revelations that adults failed to try to stop further acts of child abuse. The commission examined the history of abuse in educational institutions,religious groups,sporting organisations,state institutions and youth organisations. The final report of the commission was made public on 15 December 2017.
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.
Anne Ferguson is an Australian judge,who is currently the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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.
James Joseph Casey was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly almost continuously from 1861 to 1880 who also served as a judge of the County Court of Victoria and Victorian Land Tax Commissioner.
