Publications

Judicial Officers’ Bulletin

The Judicial Officers’ Bulletin informs judicial officers of current law and promotes consideration of a range of judicial issues. It aims to publish a balanced mix of practical and topical articles. Topics include judicial administration, forensic evidence and social context issues. Concise, timely summaries of major decisions of the High Court and NSW superior courts publish monthly. An annual subscription includes 11 electronic issues, an annual table of cases/statutes and a comprehensive subject index.

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The Judicial Review

The Judicial Review contains selected conference papers from the Judicial Commission’s education program, as well as from judicial education seminars delivered further afield. Articles are published on the basis of their practical usefulness and relevance to a judicial readership. The Judicial Review is a valuable source of technical and social context material. An annual subscription comprises one electronic issue.

For information on ordering our publications, see Obtaining publications.

• From controversy to credibility: 20 years of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales
• Judge for yourself — a guide to sentencing in Australia

• Code of Conduct
• Complaint process [PDF]
• Conduct Division: guidelines for examination of complaint
• Continuing judicial education policy
• Guide for complainants
• Privacy policy
• Privacy Management Plan (draft) [PDF]

Selected articles from Judicial Commission publications and papers from  the Commission’s seminars and conferences are posted on the website for the interest and benefit of the legal profession and the community. Subscription information for the Judicial Officers’ Bulletin and The Judicial Review is available here.

2023 articles

• P Johnson SC, “Aggregate sentencing 12 years on” (2023) 35 JOB 1
• T Shepherd, “Introducing the Bugmy Justice Reports” (2023) 35 JOB 4
• A Bell, “Innovative justice” (2023) 15(1) TJR 37
• S Derrington, “I dissent; but why?” (2023) 15(1) TJR 85

2022 articles

• P Mizzi and the Honourable Justice Robert Beech-Jones, “The law on consent in sexual assault is changing” (2022) 34 JOB 1.
• J Cashmore and R Shackel, “Research on sexual assault to inform the courts and legal professionals” (2022) 34 JOB 15
• The Honourable J Allsop AO and A Smith, “Mabo 30 years on: some reflections” (2022) 34 JOB 39
• Dr Michael King, “The importance of trauma-informed court practice” (2022) 34 JOB 59
• D Elston and P Coady, “The Child Protection Register and applications in the Local Court under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000” (2022) 34 JOB 95
• Her Honour Judge Jane Mottley, “Reforms to increase accessibility of NSW Drug Court program in early 2023” (2022) 34 JOB 113

2021 articles

• • Professor M Langton AM, “Thirty years on from the Royal Commission, what needs to change?” (2021) 33 JOB 25
  • S Norrish QC, “Thirty years on from the Royal Commission, what can judicial officers do?” (2021) 33 JOB 29
  • L McCallum and E Timms, “Black letter law” (2021) 33 JOB 37
  • D McMillan, PhD, “Criminalising coercive control: a complex discussion” (2021) JOB 57
  • P Gray, “Beyond placement: realising the promise of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles” (2021) JOB 99
  • M Weinberg, “Juries, judges and junk science — expert evidence on trial” (2021) 14(4) TJR 315
  • M Beazley, “Control, consent and respect: sexual assault, domestic violence and our criminal justice system” (2021) 14(4) TJR 343

2020 articles

• P Hora, “The trauma-informed courtroom” (2020) 32 JOB 11
• A Levin and T Kashyap, “Law enforcement and police powers in NSW during COVID-19” (2020) 32 JOB 29
• K Nomchong SC, “Sexual harassment and the judiciary” (2020) 32 JOB 55
• P Doyle Gray, “Remote justice in the time of COVID-19 and beyond” (2020) 32 JOB 65
• V Bell, “Reform of the law governing jury directions and the determination of criminal appeals” (2020) 14(3) TJR 183
• T F Bathurst, “Demystifying judicial commissions” (2020) 14(3) TJR 215

2019 articles

• His Honour Judge Roger Dive, “Twenty years of the Drug Court of NSW” (2019) 31 JOB 1
• P Mizzi, “Balancing prosecution with the right to a fair trial: the child sexual abuse reforms in NSW” (2019) 31 JOB 11
• Professor A Linacre, “Latent DNA: ‘seeing’ the location of DNA” (2019) 31 JOB 23
• Carly Schrever, “Australia’s first research measuring judicial stress: what does it mean for judicial officers and the courts?” (2019) 31 JOB 41
• U Doyle, “First Nations consensus in constitutional reform, nation building and treaty making processes” (2019) 31 JOB 51
• B O’Neill, “Decolonising the mind: working with transgenerational trauma and First Nations people” (2019) 31 JOB 54

2018 articles

• P Mizzi, “The sentencing reforms — balancing the causes and consequences of offending with community safety” (2018) 30 JOB 73

2017 articles

• E Buxton-Namisnyk and A Butler, “What’s language got to do with it? Learning from discourse, language and stereotyping in domestic violence homicide cases” (2017) 29 JOB 99
• Professor J Peel and Dean H M Osofsky, “Climate change litigation: lessons and pathways” (2017) 29 JOB 99

2016 articles

• The Honourable Tom Bathurst  AC, Chief Justice of NSW, “The nature of the profession; the state of the law” (2016) 28 JOB 13
• Dr D Eades, “Judicial understandings of Aboriginality and language use” (2016) 12 TJR 471
• Dr D Kenny, “The adolescent brain: implications for understanding young offenders” (2016) 28 JOB 23
• The Honourable Justice Helen Wood, Supreme Court of Tasmania, “Cultural diversity: reflections on the role of the judge in ensuring a fair trial” (2016) 28 JOB 35