Jennifer Coate
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The Honourable Jennifer Coate |
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| Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | |
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Assumed office 11 January 2013 Serving with Bob Atkinson, Robert Fitzgerald, Helen Milroy, Andrew Murray, Peter McClellan |
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| Nominated by | Julia Gillard |
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Quentin Bryce (Governor-General) |
| Judge of the Family Court of Australia | |
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Assumed office 31 January 2013 |
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| State Coroner of Victoria | |
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In office 29 November 2007 – 30 January 2013 |
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| Nominated by | Rob Hulls |
| Judge of the County Court of Victoria | |
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In office June 2000 – 28 November 2007 |
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| President of the Children's Court of Victoria | |
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In office June 2000 – 28 November 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Solicitor;; barrister; academic |
Jennifer Coate is an Australian jurist. Coate is a Judge of the Family Court of Australia and one of the six Royal Commissioners appointed by the Australian government Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Coate studied law at Monash University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1979, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1984. Coate worked part-time as a teacher while she studied law.
Upon graduating, Coate worked as a solicitor and then a barrister. She also served as an academic, and contributed to a range of social policy groups and committees.
In 1992, Coate was appointed a magistrate. By September 1996, she was Deputy Chief Magistrate of Victoria. In June 2000, she was made a judge of the County Court of Victoria, and was made the first female President of the Children's Court of Victoria. One of the most significant reforms she oversaw as President of the Children's Court was the establishment of a Children's Koori Court, a specialist court designed to accommodate juvenile Indigenous offenders. In 2001, Coate was made part-time Commissioner of the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Coate left the Children's Court in April 2006.
On 29 November 2007, she formally took up responsibilities as Coroner of Victoria, marking the first time a woman had taken on the role; and served in that role until her appointment to the Family Court. Until 2006, she served as the first female President of the Children's Court of Victoria.
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