James Joshua Edelman was born on 9 January 1974 and 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.
16 Facts About James Edelman
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James Edelman 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.
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James Edelman was 43 years old upon commencing his appointment on the High Court and is eligible to continue until reaching the constitutionally required retirement age of 70 in 2044.
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James Edelman completed bachelor's degrees in Economics and Law at the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce at Murdoch University.
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James Edelman was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1998 and completed a doctorate at Magdalen College, University of Oxford in 2001.
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James 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.
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James Edelman was a member of the Chambers of Malcolm McCusker QC from 2001 until his appointment as a justice in 2011.
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James Edelman was called to the English bar in 2008 and was a member of One Essex Court chambers.
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James Edelman became a tutor at Keble College, Oxford, in 2005.
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James Edelman is a patron and former editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal.
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James Edelman has been noted as having a "prodigious" record of publications.
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James Edelman was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in April 2011 following the retirement of Justice Peter Blaxell.
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James Edelman took the oath of office on 22 July 2011.
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James Edelman replaced Justice Peter Jacobson, who had retired in January 2015.
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In November 2016, it was announced that James Edelman would be appointed as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
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James Edelman commenced the appointment when Justice Susan Kiefel became Chief Justice of Australia on 30 January 2017.