Lincoln Crowley is an Australian lawyer, who was sworn in a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 13 June 2022, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed as a State or Territory justice.[1]
The Honourable Justice Lincoln Crowley | |
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 Crowley in 2020 | |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | James Cook University (LL.B.), Queensland University of Technology (Legal Practice Course, University of New England (B.A.) |
Justice Crowley grew up in Charters Towers, Queensland, attending high school there in the 1980's. His father was one of the Australian Defense Force's first Indigenous majors.[2] Crowley studied at James Cook University, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws, and in 1999 was awarded a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Queensland University of Technology.[3][4][5]
Admitted to the legal profession in both Queensland and New South Wales, Justice Crowley became a barrister on 10 August 2007,[6] and took silk (appointed Queen's Counsel) on 22 November 2018.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Lincoln Crowley sworn in as nation's first Indigenous supreme court judge". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Silk, Marty (13 June 2022). "Australia's first Indigenous Supreme Court judge sworn in". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. AAP. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Smee, Ben (27 May 2022). "Lincoln Crowley appointed Australia's first Indigenous supreme court justice". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Mr Lincoln Crowley QC". James Cook University. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "QUT congratulates Supreme Court alumni appointments". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Silk, Marty (13 June 2022). "Indigenous Supreme Court judge sworn in". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Mr Lincoln Crowley QC". Bar Association of Queensland. Retrieved 13 June 2022.