Susan Kiefel
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The Honourable Justice Susan Kiefel AC |
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| 13th Chief Justice of Australia | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Nominated by | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Appointed by | Sir Peter Cosgrove |
| Preceded by | Robert French |
| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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In office 4 September 2007 – 30 January 2017 |
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| Nominated by | John Howard |
| Appointed by | Michael Jeffrey |
| Preceded by | Ian Callinan |
| Succeeded by | James Edelman |
| Justice of the Federal Court of Australia | |
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In office 17 October 1994 – 4 September 2007 |
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| Nominated by | Paul Keating |
| Appointed by | Bill Hayden |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island | |
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In office 17 October 1994 – 4 September 2007 |
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| Nominated by | Paul Keating |
| Appointed by | Bill Hayden |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland | |
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In office May 1993 – 17 October 1994 |
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| Nominated by | Wayne Goss |
| Appointed by | Leneen Forde |
| Personal details | |
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17 January 1954 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Albrecht |
| Alma mater |
Legal Profession Admission Board Wolfson College, Cambridge |
Susan Mary Kiefel AC (/kifəl/; born 17 January 1954) is the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. She became the Chief Justice of Australia on 30 January 2017 and is the first woman to have been appointed to that role.
Kiefel has served on the High Court since 2007, having previously been a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia.
Susan Kiefel was born in Cairns, Queensland in 1954. She briefly attended Sandgate District State High School, leaving at the age of 15 upon completing Year 10. In 1971, she completed secretarial training at Kangaroo Point Technical College on a scholarship. She worked as a secretary for a building society, an architect, and an exploration company before starting work as a receptionist for a group of barristers, Fitzgerald, Moynihan and Mack. During this time, she completed secondary school and began studying law.
In 1973, Kiefel joined solicitors Cannan and Peterson (which became Sly & Weigall Cannan & Peterson and is now Norton Rose Fulbright) as a legal clerk. Completing her education at night, she enrolled in the Barristers Admission Board course and passed her course with honours. In 1984, while on sabbatical leave, she completed a Master of Laws (LLM) at the University of Cambridge, where she was awarded the C.J. Hamson Prize in Comparative Law and the Jennings Prize. In 2008, she was elected to an Honorary Fellowship of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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