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12 Facts About Marilyn Warren

1.

Marilyn Warren was a champion squash player, winning the university's women's championship ten years in a row.

2.

Marilyn Warren represented the State of Victoria three times, in a team which won the Australian championships three years running.

3.

Marilyn Warren completed her articles of clerkship with a solicitor for the Government of Victoria as the first female articled clerk in public service in Victoria.

4.

Marilyn Warren was called to the Victorian Bar in 1985 and practiced as a barrister in areas such as commercial and administrative law.

5.

From 1986 to 1994, Marilyn Warren was a member of the Law Reform Committee of the Victorian Bar.

6.

On 13 October 1998, Marilyn Warren was appointed a judge in the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

7.

Marilyn Warren was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court on 25 November 2003.

8.

Marilyn Warren is the first female chief justice in any of the states and territories of Australia.

9.

Marilyn Warren was lieutenant-governor of Victoria, president of the Victorian Law Foundation, chair of the Judicial College of Victoria, chair of the Council of Legal Education, chair of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, chair of the Courts Council of Victoria, and chair of the Judicial Commission of Victoria.

10.

In January 2018, Marilyn Warren was appointed a Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow at Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

11.

Marilyn Warren chooses to ride a bicycle to work when she can, despite the fact that her job comes with a chauffeur, and she is a regular bushwalker.

12.

Marilyn Warren is apparently known for playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at high volume while travelling between courts.