The Hon Graeme HILL

Judge, Federal Court of Australia: 2.4.2025
Location: Melbourne

Justice Graeme Hill was appointed to the Federal Court on 2 April 2025.

Justice Hill graduated from the Australian National University in 1992 with a University Medal in Law, and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor to the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in 1993. He worked at the Attorney-General’s Department and then the Australian Government Solicitor in legal advising and constitutional litigation between 1993 and 2006. He was associate to the Hon. Justice Kenneth Hayne at the High Court of Australia in 1997-98. He completed a Master of Laws at Columbia University in 2001, and was counsel assisting Commonwealth Solicitor-General David Bennett AO KC in 2001-02. Justice Hill signed the Victorian Bar Roll in 2007 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2021. At the Bar, Justice Hill specialised in complex administrative and public law issues including constitutional law, migration law and native title.

Justice Hill has written extensively on constitutional and administrative law issues, and is a co-author of the 3rd to 5th editions of Hanks’ Constitutional Law in Australia.

Associateship applications

Justice Hill appoints one Associate for a period of 18 months. His  Honour’s preference is for associates to have at least one year experience in  practice.

The next vacancy is expected to be November 2026. His Honour will begin  considering applications in May 2026, and expects to make a decision in July  2026.

Applications can be sent to EA.HillJ@fedcourt.gov.au,  and should include a cover page, an academic transcript, and the names and  contact details for two referees. General information about associate positions  can be found on the Judges' Associates page of the Employment section of the  Federal Court website.

As at 24 June 2025

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