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The Hon Justice Mark Samuel Weinberg AO

Federal Court of Australia (1998-2008)
Court of Appeal, Victoria (2008-)

 

Relevant qualifications and honours

  • Image representing graduationBA Monash (1970)
  • LLB (Hons) Monash (1970; 1st class honours - shared Supreme Court Prize as top law graduate)
  • BCL University of Oxford (1972)
  • Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1974)
  • Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victorai (1975)
  • Called to Victorian Bar (1975)
  • Queen's Council, Victoria (1986)
  • Queen's Council (all other Australian States and Territories) (between 1987-1998)
  • Admitted as Barrister-at-Law, King's Inns Dublin (1991)
  • Officer of the Order of Austarlia (2017) For distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly through reforms to criminal law and procedure, to legal education in Victoria, and to the administration of justice in Fiji and Norfolk Island.
  • Inns of Court Fellowship 2016-2017

 

Relevant work history

  • Image of briefcase2008 - Judge, Victorian Court of Appeal (July)
  • 2005-2008 Appointed Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
  • 2003-2008 Appointed Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
  • 2003-2008 Appointed Non-resident Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji
  • 2001-2007 Deputy President, Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal
  • 1998-2008, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (Melbourne) (15 July 1998 - 19 July 2008)
  • 2000-2008 Chairman, Leo Cussen Institute
  • 1997-2008 Part-time Member, Australian Law Reform Commission
  • 1996 & continuing Board Member, Faculty of Law, Monash University
  • 1988-91 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
  • 1984-85 Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
  • 1982-83 Deputy-Dean and Acting Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
  • 1981-85 Reader in Law, University of Melbourne
  • 1975-81 Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
  • 1975 Visiting Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
  • 1974 Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New South Wales
  • 1972-73 Lecturer in Law, University of New South Wales
  • 1971 Research Assistant and Tutor, Monash University

 

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