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Elected Member

The Hon.
Stephen
John
Gageler

Location
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Affiliation
High Court of Australia
Education
Australian National University, BEc
Harvard Law School, BA,LLB,LLM

Stephen Gageler is a graduate of the Australian National University and has post-graduate  qualifications from Harvard University. He was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1989 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2000. He practised as a barrister  extensively throughout Australia principally in constitutional law, administrative law and commercial law.


Stephen Gageler was appointed as Solicitor-General of Australia in 2008. While Solicitor-General, he  was appointed to the High Court in October 2012. He was then appointed as Chief Justice on 6 November 2023. Stephen Gageler has been a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration  between 2009 - 2015 as Solicitor-General, and again from March 2024 as Chief Justice of Australia. 

Areas of Expertise
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Litigation