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Rachel Pepper
[edit]Rachel Ann Pepper is a Judge at the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia. She was appointed to the Court in 2009.[1].
Early life and education
[edit]Rachel Pepper was born in Canada. She immigrated to Australia in the early 1980s. She completed her secondary education at Swanbourne Senior High School in Perth, Western Australia, in 1984[2].
Career
[edit]Rachel Pepper graduated with a BA (1992) (majoring in French) and an LLB (Hons 1) (1994) from the Australian National University.[3]
She practised as a solicitor in 1995 at Allen Allen & Hemsley. She was an associate to the Honourable Justice Michael McHugh AC in the High Court of Australia in 1996.
In 1997 she was called to the New South Wales bar where she read with John Marshall and Justin Gleeson (as they then were). She practised as a barrister for 12 years at 7 Wentworth Chambers and 12 Wentworth/Selborne Chambers, until her appointment to the Court in 2009[2].
Rachel Pepper was appointed Chair of the Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing of Onshore Unconventional Gas Reservoirs and Associated Activities in the Northern Territory between January 2017 and April 2018.[4]
Rachel Pepper was made a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2021[5].
Professional Activities
[edit]Rachel Pepper is on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Administrative Law and is the Environment Section editor of the Australian Law Journal[6].
She was a Co-Consulting Editor of the Australian Environment Review, LexisNexis, from 2009 to 2018[7].
She has served as a committee member and as President of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law[8].
She is a member of the Ngara Yura Committee of the Judicial Commission of NSW[9].
She is a judicial member of Football Australia[10].
Rachel Pepper was the Secretary of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law from 2013 to 2017 and subsequently the Vice President from 2017 to 2018.
She was elected as a member of the NSW Bar Council from 2000 to 2009, including as Secretary from November 2005 to 2009, until her appointment to the Court[11]
She was a board member of Twenty10 from 2019 to 2023 and was Vice President of ACON from 2001 to 2003.
She has authored and edited books, law journals, book chapters and articles on environmental law, administrative law, constitutional law, criminal law and discrimination law, which have been published nationally and internationally.
Rachel Pepper has participated in the teaching and training of overseas judges in environmental law and environmental dispute resolution through programs auspiced by the IUCN, UNEP and the Asian Development Bank.[12][12]
Academic Appointments
[edit]Rachel Pepper is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney Law School[13].
She has been a judicial fellow and visiting scholar at the ANU College of Law and Melbourne University Law School.
She has taught various legal courses at UNSW, UTS and the University of Sydney.
- ^ "Judicial officers and decision makers". Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. July 15, 2026.
- ^ a b https://lec.nsw.gov.au/documents/speeches-and-papers/pepper_swearing_in_ceremony.pdf.
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- ^ "Australian Academy of Law - Member public profile". academyoflaw.org.au.
- ^ https://livepages.thomsonreuters.com.au/media/25081/new-westlaw-au-alj-vol-95-no-7-contents.pdf.
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- ^ "Ngara Yura Committee members | Judicial Commission of NSW". www.judcom.nsw.gov.au.
- ^ https://footballaustralia.com.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/26-0528%20-%20Final%20FA%20Constitution%20%28Adopted%2028.05.26%29.pdf.
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