List of law schools attended by Australian High Court Justices
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{{Use dmy dates, date=July 2018 There have been 49 men and seven women who have been appointed as justices of the High Court of Australia. Together, the judges are alumni of six Australian universities, two universities in the United Kingdom, three in the United States of America and one Barristers' Admission Board.


Australia


University of Sydney

* Sydney Law School – 20 alumni *# H. V. Evatt *# Edward McTiernan *# Dudley Williams (judge), Dudley Williams *# Frank Kitto *# Alan Taylor (Australian judge), Alan Taylor *# Victor Windeyer *# Garfield Barwick *# Cyril Walsh *# Anthony Mason (judge), Anthony Mason *# Kenneth Jacobs *# Lionel Murphy *# William Deane *# Mary Gaudron *# William Gummow *# Michael Kirby (judge), Michael Kirby *# Murray Gleeson *# Susan Crennan *# Virginia Bell (judge), Virginia Bell *# Jacqueline Gleeson *# Jayne Jagot


University of Melbourne

* Melbourne Law School – 14 alumni *# Isaac Isaacs *# H. B. Higgins *# Frank Gavan Duffy *# Hayden Starke *# Owen Dixon *# John Latham (judge), John Latham *# Wilfred Fullagar *# Douglas Menzies *# Ninian Stephen *# Keith Aickin *# Daryl Dawson – also completed a Master of Laws from Yale Law School *# Kenneth Hayne – also completed a Bachelor of Civil Law from University of Oxford, Oxford *# Geoffrey Nettle – also completed a Bachelor of Civil Law from University of Oxford, Oxford *# Simon Steward (judge), Simon Steward


University of Queensland

* University of Queensland – 6 alumni *# Charles Powers *# William Webb (judge), William Webb *# Harry Gibbs *# Gerard Brennan *# Ian Callinan *# Patrick Keane (justice), Patrick Keane – also completed a Bachelor of Civil Law from University of Oxford, Oxford


University of Western Australia

* University of Western Australia – 5 alumni *# Ronald Wilson – also completed a Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania *# John Toohey (judge), John Toohey *# Robert French *# Michelle Gordon (judge), Michelle Gordon *# James Edelman – also completed a doctorate from University of Oxford, Oxford and a Bachelor of Commerce from Murdoch University, Murdoch


Australian National University

* ANU College of Law, Australian National University College of Law – 1 alumnus *# Stephen Gageler – also completed a Master of Laws from Harvard University, Harvard


United Kingdom


University of Cambridge

* University of Cambridge – 2 alumni *# Adrian Knox *# Susan Kiefel


University of Oxford

* Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, University of Oxford – 5 alumni *#Dyson Heydon *#Patrick Keane (justice), Patrick Keane *#Geoffrey Nettle *#Kenneth Hayne *#James Edelman


United States


Harvard University

*Harvard Law School – 1 alumnus *# Stephen Gageler


University of Pennsylvania

*University of Pennsylvania – 1 alumnus *#Ronald Wilson


Yale University

*Yale Law School – 1 alumnus *#Daryl Dawson


No formal law school

* Legal Profession Admission Board, New South Wales Legal Profession Admission Board – 2 alumni *# Michael McHugh (judge), Michael McHugh *# Susan Kiefel – also completed a Master of Laws from University of Cambridge, Cambridge


See also

* List of universities in Australia * List of law schools in Australia * Tertiary education in Australia Justices of the High Court of Australia, Law schools in Australia, Lists of law schools, Australian High Court justices