Justice Julie Ward

Advisory Committee Member, Australian Law Reform Commission 

Member, Legal Qualifications Committee 

Chair, Supreme Court ADR Steering Committee 

Member and Fellow of The Australian Academy of Law 

Member and Deputy President of the AIJA Council 

Member, Australian Association of Women’s Judges 

Member, Judicial Commission 

Member, Supreme Court Executive Committee 

Member, Uniform Rules Committee 

22 August 

Hosting Official Secretaries Conference Dinner at Government House  

18 October 

Chambers meeting with the Korean delegation from the Supreme Court of Korea  

2 December 

Chambers meeting with the Indonesian delegation from the Supreme Court of Korea  

20–25 January  

Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference (Melbourne)  

13–15 March 

8th Judicial Commercial Seminar (Hong Kong)  

2–4 August 

AIJA Conference on Nature and Impacts of Sexual Assault (Sydney)  

30–31 August 

Supreme Court Conference (Newcastle) 

10–14 October 

19th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific (Kuala Lumpur)  

12–14 November 

National Judicial Orientation Program (Perth)  

26 January 

Remarks on presentation of certificates – Australian Bar Association Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive Course (Sydney)  

28 February 

Speaker, Law Society of NSW – Continuing Professional Development – ‘Practice, Procedure – Life After the Pandemic’ (Sydney)  

13–15 March 

Presenter, 8th Judicial Commercial Seminar ‘Common Law Illegality – The Australian Approach’ (Hong Kong)  

19–20 March 

Chairperson, National Judicial Orientation Program (Brisbane)  

21 March 

Keynote Speaker, Property and Family Law Conference (Newcastle)  

23 March 

Opening Speaker, NSW Bar Association – Bar Associations 2024 Sydney CPD Conference, ‘The Role of Barristers in Ensuring Access to Justice: Advocacy, Ethics and Professionalism’ (Sydney)  

3 April 

Presenter, 2024 District Court of NSW Annual Conference – ‘Some Key Decisions of the Court of Appeal’ (Sydney)  

10 April 

Annual Guest Lecture – Western Sydney University – Equity and Trusts, ‘Topical Issues in the Fiduciary Context’ (Sydney)  

18–19 April 

Chair, 11th Appellate Judges’ Conference (Adelaide)  

21 May  

Judge, UNSW Private Law Moot Grand Final   

23 May 

Address – Veterans’ Review Board Biennial Conference ‘The role of the decision-maker when dealing with matters of conflict of interest and bias’ (Sydney)  

12 June 

Guest Lecturer, Whitmore Lecture 2024 ‘Jurisdictional Error & Materiality’ (Sydney)  

13 June 

Introductory Address, National Judicial College of Australia – Better Judgment Writing ‘Words, words, words …’ (Sydney)  

31 July 

Guest presenter, Book Launch: Equity & Trusts: 5th Ed (Sydney)  

15 August 

Keynote Speaker, The Law Society of NSW – Specialist Accreditation Conference: ‘Accredited Specialists’ Role in Building Trust in the Law’ (Sydney)  

10–14 October 

Moderator, Session 5, 19th, Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific; ‘Regulation of the legal profession and the education of lawyers in an era of AI – what is or should the role of the Courts be?’ (Kuala Lumpur)  

6 November 

Guest lecture at the Queensland Foundation – Queensland Gives 2024 WA Lee Lecture (Brisbane)  

7–8 November 

Presenter, Environment and Planning Law Association (NSW) ‘Court of Appeal significant cases of interest in the last 12 months’ (Milton, NSW)  

19 November 

Keynote speaker – KWM History:  Sydney launch (Sydney) 

26 November 

Presenter at the NSW Bar Association Dispute Centre – ‘Where ADR is at in Supreme Court’ (Sydney)  

11 December 

Keynote address, UNSW Law Journal, launch of Issue 47(4), University of New South Wales Law Journal (Sydney) 

Foreword for Equity & Trusts, 5th Edition (Evans, Power & Power)  

Foreword to Issue 47(4) of the University of New South Wales Law Journal