Membership Categories

Admission

Patron

Fellows

Membership Categories

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 and Honorary Fellows.

Individuals are invited to become Fellows 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.

Honorary Fellows are those Fellows, not ordinarily resident in Australia, who meet the criteria for Fellow and are invited by the Directors to become Honorary Fellows.

Admission

The general process of admission is by nomination and election. 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.

Patron

The Directors may appoint the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia to be Patron of the Academy if he or she consents to act as Patron.

The Patron of the AAL is The Hon Robert French AC, Chief Justice of Australia.

The Foundation Patron of the AAL was The Hon Murray Gleeson AC (former Chief Justice of Australia).

Fellows

As at December 2011, there are 142 Fellows of the Academy including the following:

Professor Michael Adams, Dean, School of Law, University of Western Sydney

Emeritus Professor Mark Aronson, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

The Hon Justice Roslyn Atkinson, Supreme Court of Queensland

Professor David Bamford, Dean, School of Law, Flinders University

Emeritus Professor David Barker AM, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney

Professor Bee Chen Goh, Co-Director, Centre for Peace & Social Justice, School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University

Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Director of Research, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney

The Hon Justice Virginia Bell, High Court of Australia

The Hon Justice Annabelle Bennett AO, Federal Court of Australia

The Hon Justice Ashley Black, Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Hon Justice Catherine Branson QC, Australian Human Rights Commission

Emeritus Professor David Brown, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Ms Margaret Brown, Consultant, Minter Ellison Lawyers, Brisbane

The Hon Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO, Family Court of Australia

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

Professor Andrew Byrnes, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Mr Henry Burmester AO QC, Chief General Counsel, Australian Government Solictitor

Distinguished Professor Peter Cane, College of Law, The Australian National University

Professor Tyrone Carlin, The University of Sydney Business School

Professor Don Chalmers, Law School, University of Tasmania

Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM, Centre for International Governance & Justice, The Australian National University

Professor Jianfu Chen, School of Law, LaTrobe University

Emeritus Professor Michael Chesterman, Formerly Professor of Law, University of New South Wales

Professor Richard Chisholm AM, Family Court of Australia

Mr Philip Marcus Clark AM, Chair, Education Investment Fund

Professor Michael Coper, Dean, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University

Adjunct Professor Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, Adjunct Professor, Sydney Institute of Criminology; Visiting Professorial Fellow, Law Faculties, Universities of NSW and of Wollongong; formerly New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions

Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission

Professor Margaret Davies, School of Law, Flinders University

Professor Sarah Derrington, Barrister, Brisbane, formerly Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

Mr John Digby QC, Barrister, Melbourne

Associate Professor Andrea Durbach, University of New South Wales

The Hon Justice Arthur Emmett, Federal Court of Australia

Mr Stephen Estcourt QC, Barrister, Melbourne & Hobart

Professor Paul Fairall, Dean, School of Law, University of South Australia

Mr Glenn Ferguson, Managing Director, Ferguson Cannon Lawyers

The Hon Justice Mary Finn, Family Court of Australia

Emeritus Professor William James Ford, Law School, University of Western Australia

The Hon Chief Justice Robert French, High Court of Australia (Patron)

Professor Arie Frieberg AM, Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University

Mr Stephen Gageler SC, Commonwealth Solicitor-General

Associate Professor Jeremy Gans, Melbourne Law School

The Hon Murray Gleeson, Formerly Chief Justice of Australia (former Patron)

Mr Michael Grant QC, Solicitor-General for the Northern Territory

Professor Ross Grantham, Head of School and Dean, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

Professor Stephen Graw, Head, School of Law, James Cook University

Ms Julia Hall, Executive Director, National Association of Community Legal Centres Inc

Judge Felicity Hampel, County Court of Victoria

The Hon Chief Justice Terence Higgins AO, Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory

Dr Gordon Hughes, Partner, Blake Dawson Lawyers

Professor Richard Johnstone, Law School, Griffith University

The Hon Justice Anna Katzmann, Federal Court of Australia

The Hon Chief Justice Patrick Keane, Federal Court of Australia

The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia

The Hon Justice Susan Kiefel AC, High Court of Australia

The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, formerly a Judge of the High Court of Australia

Professor The Hon Michael Lavarch AO, Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology

The Hon Kevin Lindgren AM, QC, Formerly a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

Emeritus Professor Horst Lucke, Formerly Professor of Law, University of Adelaide

Professor Kathy Mack, School of Law, Flinders University

Professor Rosalind Mason, Head, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Professor Les McCrimmon, Head of Law, Faculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts, Charles Darwin University

Emeritus Professor John McMillan AO, Australian Information Commissioner

The Hon Justice Margaret McMurdo AC, President, Court of Appeal, Queensland

Professor Jill McKeough, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney

Professor Bernadette McSherry, Faculty of Law, Monash University

Professor Ngaire Naffine, Law School, The University of Adelaide

The Hon Justice Marcia Neave AO, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria

The Hon Robert Nicholson AO, KCSJ, FAAL, Formerly a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

Professor Brian Opeskin, Macquarie Law School

Dr Melissa Perry QC, Barrister, Sydney

Professor Murray Raff, Covenor, Governance & Regualtion Research Group, University of Canberra

Adjunct Professor Donald Robertson, Partner, Freehills, Solicitors, Sydney

Professor Cherly Saunders AO, University of Melbourne

Emeritus Professor Ivan Shearer AM, Formerly Challis Professor of International Law, University of Sydney

The Hon Justice Ralph Simmonds, Supreme Court of Western Australia

The Hon Justice M J Slattery, Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Hon Justice Stephen Southwood, Supreme Court of Northern Territory

Professor Jane Stapleton, ANU College of Law

Professor Andrew Stewart, Law School, University of Adelaide

Professor Adrienne Stone, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne

The Hon Justice Margaret Stone, Federal Court of Australia

The Hon Justice Pamela Tate, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria

Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University

Professor Gillian Triggs, Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of Sydney

Ms Anne Trimmer, CEO, Medical Technology Association of Australia

His Excellency the Hon Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania

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

Professor Kate Warner, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania

The Hon Justice Mark Weinberg, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria

Professor David Weisbrot AM, Macquarie Law School

Professor Fiona Wheeler, ANU College of Law

The Hon Justice Margaret White, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland

Professor George Williams AO, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales