Justice Anna Mitchelmore

The Honourable Justice Anna Mitchelmore was sworn-in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and as Judge of Appeal on 28 March 2022. Her Honour graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and was called to the bar in 2004. Her Honour joined the Sixth Floor at Selborne Chambers in 2006, taking silk in 2018, and is also Deputy Chairperson and a Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission.

Appointments

Legal, cultural, or benevolent organisations

Commissioner and Deputy Chair, New South Wales Law Reform Commission

Advisory Committee Member, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law

Recent conferences

18–19 April	Appellate Judges’ Conference (Adelaide)
3–4 August	AIJA National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault (Sydney)
30–31 August	Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle)
30 November – 1 December	Symposium to honour Professor Leslie Zines AO (Australian National University, Canberra)

Recent speaking engagements

9 February	Chair, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law Constitutional Law Conference. ‘Finance, Judicial Bias and Immunity’ (Sydney)
29 May and 25 September	‘Duties to the Court regarding self-represented litigants’, NSW Bar Association Bar Practice Course (Sydney)
8 August	Panellist, UNSW Law Society, Evening with Justices (Sydney)
1 October	Judge and Function Speaker, Baker + McKenzie National Women’s Moot Grand Final (Sydney)
3 December	‘The exercise of functions by delegates and agents: recent issues’, AGS Administrative Law Conference, (Canberra)
18–19 April	Appellate Judges’ Conference (Adelaide)
3–4 August	AIJA National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault (Sydney)
30–31 August	Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle)
30 November – 1 December	Symposium to honour Professor Leslie Zines AO (Australian National University, Canberra)

Speeches

2022: "Mitchelmore JA Swearing-In Speech" PDF, 145.2 KB

Last updated: 11 June 2025