James Edelman
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The Honourable Justice James Edelman |
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| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Nominated by | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Appointed by | Peter Cosgrove |
| Preceded by | Susan Kiefel |
| Justice of the Federal Court of Australia | |
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In office 20 April 2015 – 29 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Peter Cosgrove |
| Preceded by | Peter Jacobson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Joshua Edelman 9 January 1974 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater |
University of Western Australia Murdoch University Magdalen College, Oxford |
James Joshua Edelman (born 9 January 1974) has been a justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017, and is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He is noted for his various achievements at a young age, including becoming a professor at Oxford University before the age of 35 and a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia before the age of 40. As he was 43 years old upon commencing his appointment on the High Court, he is eligible to continue until reaching the constitutionally required retirement age of 70 in 2044.
Edelman completed high school at Scotch College in Perth, Western Australia. He completed bachelor's degrees in Economics (1995) and Law (first class honours, 1996) at the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce (1997) at Murdoch University.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1998 and completed a doctorate at Magdalen College, University of Oxford in 2001.
Edelman was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1998 after serving as an associate to Justice John Toohey in the High Court of Australia in 1997 and completing an articled clerkship at Blake Dawson Waldron. He was a member of the Chambers of Malcolm McCusker QC from 2001 until his appointment as a justice in 2011.
Edelman was called to the English bar in 2008 and was a member of One Essex Court chambers.
Edelman commenced teaching at Keble College, University of Oxford in 2005.
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