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.
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.
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).
As at October 2013, there are 150 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
The Hon Robert Austin, Senior Legal Consultant, Minter Ellison; Challis Lecturer in Corporate Law, The University of Sydney
Professor David Bamford, Dean, School of Law, Flinders University
The Hon Justice Michael Barker, Federal Court of Australia
Emeritus Professor David Barker AM, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
The Hon Justice John Basten, New South Wales Court of Appeal
The Hon Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Professor Bee Chen Goh, Co-Director, Centre for Peace & Social Justice, School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University
The Hon Justice Margaret Beazley AO, President, New South Wales Court of Appeal
Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Director of Research, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Andrew Bell SC, Barrister, Sydney
The Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC, High Court of Australia
The Hon Justice Annabelle Bennett AO, Federal Court of Australia
Dr David Bennett AC QC, former Solicitor-General of Australia
Professor Duncan Bentley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Corporate Affairs, Knowledge Exchange and International, Victoria University
The Hon Justice Ashley Black, Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Hon Justice Jenny Blokland, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Professor Stephen Bottomley, Dean, ANU College of Law
The Hon Justice Catherine Branson QC, Formerly of the Australian Human Rights Commission
The Hon Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Ms Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Professor AJ Brown, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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
The Hon Justice John Byrne RFD AO, Supreme Court of Queensland
Professor Andrew Byrnes, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
Mr Henry Burmester AO QC, Chief General Counsel, Australian Government Solictitor
Adjunct Professor Joseph Campbell, QC, Formerly Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Distinguished Professor Peter Cane, College of Law, The Australian National University
Dr Andrew Cannon AM, Deputy Chief Magistrate, South Australia
Professor Tyrone Carlin, The University of Sydney Business School
The Hon Tim Carmody QC, formerly of the Family Court of Australia
Emeritus Professor Terry Carney, University of Sydney
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
Mr John Corcoran, Chairman, Russell Kennedy
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 Prosecution
Professor James Crawford AC SC FBA, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge; Research Professor of Law, LaTrobe University
Professor Mary Crock, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research, Faculty of Law, The University of Sydney
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission
Mr Simon Daley, Chief Solicitor, Australian Government Solicitor
Professor Margaret Davies, School of Law, Flinders University
Professor Megan Davis, Director of Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
Dr John de Groot, de Groots Wills and Estate Lawyers
Professor Sarah Derrington, Barrister, Brisbane, formerly Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
The Hon Justice G John Digby, Supreme Court of Victoria
The Hon Justice JS Douglas, Supreme Court of Queensland
Professor William Duncan, Faculty of Law, Queensland Univeristy of Technology, Consultant, Allans Arthur Robinson Solicitors
Associate Professor Andrea Durbach, University of New South Wales
The Hon Justice James Edelman, Supreme Court of Western Australia
The Hon Justice Arthur Emmett, New South Wales Court of Appeal
Mr Stephen Estcourt QC, Barrister, Melbourne & Hobart
Professor Paul Fairall, Dean, School of Law, University of South Australia
The Hon Justice Kathleen Farrell, Federal Court of 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
Dr Ian Freckelton SC, Law Faculty, Monash University
The Hon Chief Justice Robert French, High Court of Australia (Patron)
Professor Arie Frieberg AM, Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University
The Hon Justice Stephen Gageler SC, High Court of Australia
Associate Professor Jeremy Gans, Melbourne Law School
The Hon Murray Gleeson, Formerly Chief Justice of Australia (former Patron)
The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon, Federal Court of Australia
Mr Michael Grant QC, Solicitor-General for the Northern Territory
The Hon Justice Tom Gray, Supreme Court of South Australia
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
The Hon Justice Kenneth Hayne AC, High Court of Australia
Judge Felicity Hampel, County Court of Victoria
The Hon Terence Higgins AO, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory
Professor Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School
Professor Mary Hiscock, Bond University
Professor Bryan Horrigan, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Dr Gordon Hughes, Partner, Blake Dawson Lawyers
Professor Richard Johnstone, Law School, Griffith University
The Hon Justice Anna Katzmann, Federal Court of Australia
Professor Stuart Kaye, Dean and Winthrop Professor of Law, The University of Western Australia
The Hon Justice Patrick Keane, High Court of Australia
The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia
Emeritus Professor Bruce Kercher, Macquarie University, Australian Catholic University
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 Natalie Klein, Dean, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
The Hon Chief Justice Christopher Kourakis, Supreme Court of South 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
The Hon Justice Geoff Lindsay, Supreme Court of New South Wales
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
The Hon Justice Christopher Maxwell QC, President Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Professor Les McCrimmon,William Forster Chambers, Darwin, Formerly Head of Law, Faculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts, Charles Darwin University
Mr Stephen McLeish, Solicitor-General, Victoria
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
The Hon Ron Merkel QC, Barrister, Victoria
Professor Denise Meyerson, Macquarie Law School
The Hon Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia
Mr Russell Miller AM, Partner, Minter Ellison
Professor Gabriel Moens, Murdoch University
The Hon MJ Murray, QC, formerly of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Chairman, Supervised Release Review Board, Western Australia, Adjunct Professor of Law, Murdoch 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
Professor Rosemary Owens AO, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide
The Hon Kevin Parker AC, RFD, QC, Formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Professor Stephen Parker, Vice Chancellor, University of Canberra
Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce, ANU College of Law
The Hon Justice Nye Perram, Federal Court of Australia
The Hon Justice Melissa Perry, Federal Court of Australia
Professor Murray Raff, Covenor, Governance & Regualtion Research Group, University of Canberra
Professor Suri Ratnapala, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
The Hon Justice Alan Robertson, Federal Court of Australia
Adjunct Professor Donald Robertson, Partner, Freehills, Solicitors, Sydney
Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, University of Melbourne
Mr Michael Sexton SC, New South Wales Solicitor General
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 Margaret Stone, formerly a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
The Hon Justice Pamela Tate, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Her Honour The Hon Sally Thomas AM, Administrator of the Northern Territory
Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Mr Peter Timmins, Lawyer, NSW
Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission
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, Past President, Australian Human Rights Commission; and Chancellor, University of Adelaide
Mr Bret Walker SC, Barrister, New South Wales
The Hon Justice Julie Ward, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Professor Kate Warner, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
Ms Raelene Webb QC, President, The National Native Title Tribunal
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 Margaret White, formerly of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland
Mr Robert John Whitington QC, Barrister, Adelaide
Professor George Williams AO, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales
Professor John Williams, Dean, Adelaide Law School
Mr Alisatir Wyvill SC, William Forster Chambers, Darwin
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