District Court of New South Wales, Sydney
Judge Hopkins is one of three judges of the District Court of NSW presiding in the Walama List. She is the co-chair of the Walama Working Group and the Walama Users’ Forum. Judge Hopkins is the District Court’s representative on the NSW Aboriginal Justice Partnership Committee and a member of the Independent Advisory Panel for the Bugmy Bar Book.
Prior to her appointment to the District Court, Judge Hopkins held various positions at the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT over a 25-year period, including the Principal Solicitor of Justice Projects, Policy and Practice. She was also the founder and co-chair of Just Reinvest NSW.
Throughout her career she has served on numerous committees including the NSW Bar Association’s Joint Working Party on the Over-representation of Indigenous People in the NSW Criminal Justice System and the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of NSW.
Judge Hopkins is one of three judges of the District Court of NSW presiding in the Walama List. She is the co-chair of the Walama Working Group and the Walama Users’ Forum. Judge Hopkins is the District Court’s representative on the NSW Aboriginal Justice Partnership Committee and a member of the Independent Advisory Panel for the Bugmy Bar Book.
Prior to her appointment to the District Court, Judge Hopkins held various positions at the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT over a 25-year period, including the Principal Solicitor of Justice Projects, Policy and Practice. She was also the founder and co-chair of Just Reinvest NSW.
Throughout her career she has served on numerous committees including the NSW Bar Association’s Joint Working Party on the Over-representation of Indigenous People in the NSW Criminal Justice System and the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of NSW.