Supreme Court, Australian Capital Territory
Justice Louise Taylor was sworn in as a Judge of the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday 16 August 2023. A Kamilaroi woman, she was the first (and remains the only) Aboriginal woman appointed to a superior court in Australia.
Justice Taylor was a senior prosecutor at the ACT and Commonwealth Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions before her appointment as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the ACT Legal Aid Commission in 2013. Justice Taylor was appointed as a Magistrate and Coroner of the ACT Magistrates Court in 2018.
Prior to her appointment as a judicial officer, Justice Taylor contributed to the community sector with a decade of service as Chair of the Women’s Legal Centre (ACT) board as well as appointments to the ACT Domestic Violence Prevention Council, the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council for Women and the Indigenous Legal Issues Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Justice Taylor is currently presiding over a pilot program for the introduction of circle sentencing for First Nations offenders in the ACT Supreme Court.
Justice Louise Taylor was sworn in as a Judge of the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday 16 August 2023. A Kamilaroi woman, she was the first (and remains the only) Aboriginal woman appointed to a superior court in Australia.
Justice Taylor was a senior prosecutor at the ACT and Commonwealth Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions before her appointment as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the ACT Legal Aid Commission in 2013. Justice Taylor was appointed as a Magistrate and Coroner of the ACT Magistrates Court in 2018.
Prior to her appointment as a judicial officer, Justice Taylor contributed to the community sector with a decade of service as Chair of the Women’s Legal Centre (ACT) board as well as appointments to the ACT Domestic Violence Prevention Council, the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council for Women and the Indigenous Legal Issues Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Justice Taylor is currently presiding over a pilot program for the introduction of circle sentencing for First Nations offenders in the ACT Supreme Court.