Supreme Court of New South Wales

Justice Richard Weinstein

The Honourable Justice Richard Weinstein was sworn in as Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 1 February 2023. His Honour graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University, Montreal, before completing a Master of Arts at the University of California, Berkley, with a subsequent Diploma in Acting from the Drama Studio London. His Honour returned to study a Bachelor of Laws at UNSW, graduating in 1991, and was called to the NSW Bar in 1993. His Honour took silk in 2011.

Contact chambers

Associate Email Phone
Thomson Edgar Associate to Justice Weinstein (02) 9230 8778

Appointments

Legal, cultural or benevolent organisations

Member, Judicial Commission of NSW Civil Bench Book Committee 

Member, Executive Council of Australian Judicial Officers Association 

Member, Australian Judicial Officers Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence 

Trustee, Windmill Trust 

Adjunct Professor at UNSW, taught Law of Sentencing 

  

Recent conferences

27 June 

Roundtable, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (Sydney) 

11–13 October 

Australian Judicial Officers Association Colloquium (Canberra) 

5 November 

Joint Presentation, Ngara Yura Committee of the Judicial Commission of NSW & The Francis Forbes Society (Supreme Court, Sydney) 



Recent speaking engagements

1 March 

Opening Address, Legalwise Evidence & Advocacy Conference (Sydney) 

20 March 

Oration, Pride in Law launch (Supreme Court, Sydney) 

19 July 

Panellist, Pride & Precedent: Law, Representation, Reform (Parliament of NSW, Sydney) 

  

Speeches

  • Swearing-in ceremony
    Transcript

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