The Honourable Justice Dina Yehia was sworn-in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 23 June 2022, the first of Greek Egyptian descent. Her Honour graduated from the University of NSW with a Bachelor of Arts and Law in 1989, working as a solicitor at the Western Aboriginal Legal Service for seven years. Her Honour also graduated from the University of Sydney with a Masters in International Criminal Law in 2011. In 1999, her Honour was called to the bar and spent 14 years as a Public Defender, taking silk in 2009 and becoming the first female Deputy Senior Public Defender in 2013. Her Honour was appointed a Judge of the District Court in May 2014.
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| Christina Nguyen | Associate to Justice Yehia | (02) 9230 8792 |
Legal, cultural or benevolent organisations
Adjunct Professor at the Law School of the University of New South Wales- teaching LAWS3198 Sentencing and Criminal Justice |
Board member, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) |
Chair of Ngara Yura Committee |
| Supreme Court representative on the Bugmy Bar Book Committee |
| Member, Judicial Commission Sentencing Bench Book Committee |
| Co-Chair of NJCA Indigenous Justice Program Committee |
| Member of the Walama District Court Working Group |
15 February |
Panellist at the Future Focussed Sentencing Conference (Bathurst) |
12 June |
NT Youth Justice & Child Protection Conference |
20–24 January |
2024 Supreme, Federal & New Zealand Senior Courts Conference |
26–29 June |
2024 CLANT Conference in Bali |
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Guest speaker on the Australian Law Student Podcast |
29 March |
Bar Association CPD Conference |
5 June |
Panellist at the Women’s Lawyers Association ‘Welcome to Law’ Panel Series for 2025 |
| 25 June | Presentation at Local Court Conference “Developments in Criminal Law” (Magistrate’s Conference) |
25 June |
Speaker at Criminal Law Conference for 2025 at Legal Aid NSW |
| 26 June | ALS Presentation at the ALS Conference on Sentencing |
| 3 July | Guest speaker at NAAJA CROC Conference 2025 |
| 12 August | Keynote speaker at DWL Industry Gap Event 2025 |
| 30 October | 2025 Hal Wootten Lecture hosted by the Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales |
6 February |
Interview with Carly Whelan for Research Study: ‘The use of therapeutic jurisprudence by judicial officers’ |
7 February |
Interview with Dr Lyn Stevenson for Research Study: The Dignity by Design Project: Survivor-led System Redesign |
28 February |
Interview for International Women Judges Day with the Department of Communities and Justice |
28 June |
Presentation on Practical Advocacy: The Bugmy Bar Book |
| 28 June | Conversation with Andrew Boe on ‘Australia, Drive It Like You Stole It: Munda & Bugmy & the need for change given the rejection of the Voice’. |
| Presentation on Advocacy and the Bugmy Bar Book presented to ALS NSW/ACT and NATSILS members. | |
| 8 October | Panel on Beyond Punishment Seminar at the Sydney Law School |
| 10 October | Speaker at the DWL Advocacy Program Awards Ceremony on 10 October 2024 |
| 17 October | Moot Judge at the Inaugural NSW Inter-diversity associations moot held at the Supreme Court of New South Wales |
| 25 October | Speaker at the Innovating Justice: The Walama List and Indigenous Legal Reform panel discussion at the University of Technology |
| 5 November | Chair, 2024 Forbes Society/Ngara Yura presentation history and personalities of the District Court’s Walama List at the Supreme Court of NSW |
| 22 November | Presentation to Legal Studies Students (Supreme Court, Sydney) |
| 20 November | Bugmy Bar Book CPD Presentation to Legal Aid NSW |
| 16 December | Presentation on Making Use of the Bugmy Bar Book in Sentence and Section 32 proceedings for BenchTV |
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