Dear Members & Colleagues

Celebrating Women in the Judiciary - Cocktail Event

On Thursday, 24 July 2008, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the American Club, Level 15, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, we are holding a major cocktail event to celebrate female appointments to the bench which have commenced over the last two years:

• Justice Virginia Bell, Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal
• Justice Elizabeth Fullerton, Supreme Court of NSW
• Justice Lucy McCallum, Supreme Court of NSW
• Judge Leonie Flannery SC, District Court of NSW
• Judge Deborah Sweeney, District Court of NSW
• Federal Magistrate Margaret Cassidy
• Federal Magistrate Jillian Orchiston
• Federal Magistrate Susan Purdon-Sully
• Mary Jerram, State Coroner
• Magistrate Gabriel Fleming
• Magistrate Michelle Goodwin
• Magistrate Sharon Holdsworth
• Magistrate Margot Stubbs
• Magistrate Alison Viney
• Prof. Larissa Behrendt, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW
• Megan Davis, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW
• Mary Edmunds, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW
• Judith Fakes, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW
• Rhonda Jacobsen, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW
• Prof. Sharon Sullivan, Commissioner of the Land & Environment Court of NSW

Among our honoured guests for the evening are the Honourable Murray Gleeson AC Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Honourable James Spigelman AC Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW, the Honourable Diana Bryant Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, the Honourable Justice Ruth McColl AO of the Supreme Court of NSW Court of Appeal, the Honourable Justice Jane Mathews AO of the Supreme Court of NSW, the Honourable Justice Garry Downes AM President Administrative Appeals Tribunal, his Honour John Pascoe AO Chief Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, his Honour Graeme Henson Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of NSW.

Our guest speaker will be the Honourable Justice Margaret Beazley AO of the Supreme Court of NSW Court of Appeal.

Please click here for the registration form and booking details.

We do hope that you are able to join us on this special occasion.

Yours faithfully,

Lee-May Saw
President

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