February 17, 2026 10:31am -
Level 18, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney OR via Teams link
Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers invites you to our Lunchtime Speaker event with The Honourable Justice Julie Ward on Monday, 9 March 2026.
Please join us at Level 18, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney or via Teams if you can’t make it in person.
Topic
We are delighted to have the Honourable Justice Julie Ward joining us to mark International Women’s Day 2026 where her Honour will discuss her legal career and her significant achievements.
The UN Women’s theme for IWD 2026 is Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls, which calls for action to dismantle the structural barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws, weak legal protections, and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls.
About the speaker
The Honourable Justice Julie Ward
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Court of Appeal
Justice Julie Ward studied arts/law at the University of Sydney, graduating in law in 1982 with First Class Honours and the University Medal. Her Honour was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1982.
Following graduation, Justice Julie Ward worked for a year as the associate to Sir Nigel Bowen, the first Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Justice Julie Ward worked for Stephen Jaques Stone James (now King & Wood Mallesons) for two years, then completed a BCL with first class honours at Oxford University, having won a post-graduate scholarship from Sydney University.
Justice Julie Ward was made a partner of Mallesons in 1988. At that time she was the youngest female partner to be appointed at that firm. Her Honour was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in September 2008. She was the first female solicitor directly appointed to the Supreme Court bench. She sat in the Equity Division of the Court, until her appointment to the Court of Appeal in November 2012.
She was appointed Chief Judge in Equity in March 2017 and appointed President of the Court of Appeal on 6 March 2022.
WHEN Monday, 9 March 2026 1 pm until 2 pm
(for those attending in person light lunch and refreshments from 12.40pm)
WHERE This is a hybrid event.
Level 18, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney OR via Teams link
TO REGISTER any questions please email the Marketing team on marketinggroup@codea.com.au
RSVP by Thursday, 5 March 2026
Spaces are limited (in person)