Monday, 16 February 2009
Leading Western Australian Federal Court judge Justice Robert French, who was named Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in July 2008, is another distinguished graduate from the Faculty of Law who is helping to shape the nation.
Justice French is the first West Australian to be appointed to the position of Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. He completed his science degree at UWA in 1968, majoring in physics, and finished his law degree in 1971. He was president of the University's Liberal Club and later tutored in constitutional law at the University.
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