The Academy was launched in mid-2007, and in 2008 the Directors are working on the procedures for nomination and election of Fellows. Until such time as these procedures are established and approved by the Academy, no nominations for membership can be accepted (other than from Ex-officio Fellows). Notification of the opening of membership will occur via this website. No nominations will be accepted until then.
Admission to membership is detailed in the Constitution and is limited to around 400 members, in line with the other learned academies in Australia, and includes: Fellows, Life Fellows, Ex-officio Fellows and Honorary Fellows.
Fellows are invited or admitted to membership by the Directors on the basis of their exceptional distinction in the discipline of law and their demonstrable commitment to the objects of the Academy.
Life Fellows are those who have been Fellows for at least 15 years.
Ex-officio Fellows include a range of senior judges, legal practitioners and legal academics.
Honorary Fellows are those, not ordinarily resident in Australia, who meet the criteria for Fellow and are invited by the Directors to become Honorary Fellows.
The general process of admission is by nomination and election [6.2(b). A person who satisfies the criteria for Fellowship may be nominated by another Member and admitted to membership by the Directors in accordance with the Constitution [Clause 6.6 – 6.10].
The Directors may appoint the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia to be Patron of the Academy [Clause 11] if he or she consents to act as Patron.
The Patron of the AAL is The Hon Robert French, Chief Justice of Australia
The Foundation Patron of the AAL is The Hon Murray Gleeson AC (former Chief Justice of Australia)
Foundation Fellows are those persons listed in Schedule 1 of the Constitution as Foundation Fellows:
Emeritus Professor David Barker AM (University of Technology,
Sydney)
Professor Larissa Behrendt (University of Technology, Sydney)
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC (Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia)
Mr Henry Burmester AO QC (Chief General Counsel, Australian Government Solicitor)
Professor Donald Chalmers (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania)
Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM (Centre for International Governance & Justice, Australian National University)
Professor Michael Coper (Dean, ANU College of Law, Australian National University)
Professor Rosalind Croucher (Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission)
Associate Professor Andrea Durbach (University of New South Wales)
Professor Paul Fairall (Foundation Dean, School of Law, University of South
Australia)
Mr Glenn Ferguson (Solicitor, Queensland)
The Hon Chief Justice Justice Robert French (High Court of Australia) (Patron)
The Hon Murray Gleeson AC (former Chief Justice of Australia) (former Patron)
His Hon Judge John Goldring (District Court, New South Wales)
The Hon Justice Susan Kenny (Federal Court, Victoria)
The Hon Justice Susan Kiefel (High Court of Australia)
The Hon Justice Kevin Lindgren (Federal Court, New South Wales)
The Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo AC (President, Court of Appeal, Queensland)
The Hon Justice Marcia Neave AO (Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria)
The Hon Robert Nicholson AO
Dr Melissa Perry QC (Barrister, South Australia and New South Wales)
The Hon Justice Ronald Sackville (Federal Court, New South Wales)
Professor Cheryl Saunders AO (University of Melbourne)
The Hon Justice Ralph Simmonds (Supreme Court, Western Australian)
The Hon Justice Stephen Southwood (Supreme Court, Northern Territory)
The Hon Justice Margaret Stone (Federal Court, New South Wales)
Ms Pamela Tate SC (Solicitor-General of Victoria)
Professor Margaret Thornton (ANU College of Law, Australian National University)
Ms Anne Trimmer (CEO, Medical Technology Assoc of Australia)
The Hon John von Doussa QC (Immediate Past President, Australian Human Rights Commission; and Chancellor, University of Adelaide)
Mr Bret Walker SC (Barrister, New South Wales)
Emeritus Professor Louis Waller AO (Monash University)
Professor Kate Warner (Director, Tasmania Law Reform Institute)
The Hon Justice Mark Weinberg (Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria)
Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM (President, Australian Law Reform Commission)
The Hon Justice Margaret White (Supreme Court, Queensland)
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