James Popple
Australian lawyer (born 1964)
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James Popple (born 1964)[1] is CEO of the Law Council of Australia.[2] He is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Law[3] and the College of Engineering and Computer Science[4] at the Australian National University,[5] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[6]
James Popple | |
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| Born | 4 November 1964 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| First Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017 | |
| Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety | |
| In office 8 October 2018 – 26 February 2021 | |
| Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide | |
| In office 8 July 2021 – 11 July 2022 | |
| Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia | |
| In office 25 July 2022 – present | |
| Website | www |
He was President of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);[1] associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);[7] Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);[1] a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);[8] the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14);[8] a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2015–17);[9] a Principal Reviewer at CPM Reviews Pty Ltd (2018);[10] a member of the Australian Anti-Dumping Review Panel (2018–21);[11] a member of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal (2018–22);[12] Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018–21);[13] and Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021–22).[14]
He has been a member of the Council of Burgmann College, ANU since 1985.[1][15]
As part of his PhD research at the ANU (1993),[16] he developed a legal expert system called SHYSTER.[17][18]