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The Hon Justice Mark Samuel Weinberg

Federal Court of Australia (1998-2008)
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (2003-)


Qualifications | Work History | Current academic positions | Relevant judgments | Relevant speeches and publications

Relevant qualifications

  • BA 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)

Relevant work history

  • 2008 - 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

Current academic appointments

  • Adjunct Professor, Deakin University

Relevant judgments

Relevant speeches and publications