Annabelle Bennett

Annabelle Claire Bennett AO SC is the Chancellor of Bond University and a former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

Bennett's father was a lawyer, and at an early age she had hopes of following him into the legal profession. Her father, however, thought that law was a bad career choice for women, because "you had to be better than the best to break even" and discouraged his daughter from pursuing this ambition. Instead, Bennett studied science at the University of Sydney and completed a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the same institution.

In 1980, still interested in the legal profession, Bennett went on to study law at the University of New South Wales.

After graduating from the University of New South Wales, Bennett began practising as a barrister, specialising in intellectual property law.

She was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in May 2003. Bennett was also an additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.^{[footnote 3 doesn't work, 20-06-2106]}

Bennett is arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and has been named for the special arbitration panel to operate during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Bennett retired from the Federal Court on 23 March 2016.

Bennett was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005, for services to law. In 2011, she received the honorary degree of Doctor of the University from the Australian National University.^{]footnote 2 doesn't work, 20-06-2106]}

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