Judicial Profiles
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
- Justice Weinberg, 'Criminalisation of Cartel Conduct, Some Pre-Trial Management Issues',
3 April 2009, Joint Federal Court of Australia and Law Council of Australia workshop, Adelaide - Justice Weinberg, 'The Current and Proposed Criminal Jurisdiction of the Federal Court' (VSC) [2008] VicJSchol 14
A paper presented at the Federal Criminal Law Conference Sydney, Friday 5 September 2008
