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The Women's College and The Women Barristers Forum
invite you to
Women In Law Dinner
with guest speakers
The Honourable Acting Justice Jane Mathews AO
and The Honourable Justice Julie Ward
Friday 28 August 2009
6.00pm Cocktails, 7.30 - 9.30pm dinner
at The Women's College
The Honourable Acting Justice Jane Mathews AO
The Honourable Acting Justice Jane Mathews spent seventeen years in private practice before being appointed a judge of the District Court in 1980, the first woman judge in NSW. In 1987 she was appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW, the first woman judge on that court. In 1994, she became a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was also President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Deputy President of the National Native Titles Tribunal. In 2001 she retired from the Federal Court and became an Acting Judge on the NSW Supreme Court, a position which she still holds.
Justice Mathews also holds honorary LlD degrees from Sydney and Wollongong Universities. Justice Mathews has served on The Women's College Council since 2002 and is the Patron of the Women Lawyers' Association of NSW.
The Honourable Justice Julie Ward
The Honourable Justice Julie Ward was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1982 and in 1988, at the age of 28, became the youngest female partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Justice Ward held a number of roles in her twenty years as a partner and acquired extensive experience in commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, acting in matters in a number of States and in the Federal jurisdiction.
In 2008, Justice Ward was the first woman solicitor to be appointed directly to the Supreme Court of NSW. She sits in the Equity Division. Justice Ward has been a Director of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Charitable Foundation and is a member of the NSW Women Lawyers' Association.
Cost: $85 per person, $800 corporate table of ten
Bus leaves Martin Place at 5.30pm outside Sydney Hospital. Limited spaces available.
RSVP by Wednesday 26 August.
To RSVP and purchase tickets please download the booking form
For more information please contact:
Jacinta Walpole, Fundraising and Marketing Manager on 02 9517 5008 or community@thewomenscollege.com.au
Sponsored by:
Girl Guides NSW & ACT - Parliament House Lunch Invitation
The Women's College has received an invitation that we have been asked to pass onto Alumnae to attend a luncheon at Parliament House on Thursday 27 August 2009 with guest speaker Susan Wyndham (Literary Editor, Sydney Morning Herald). Susan will speak on the subject of 'The death of the literary editor'. A booking form can be found here.
