Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson

thumb|A society that has a narrow cohort of people who are making decisions may lead to narrow decision-making. Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson is an Australian jurist. She was sworn in as a Resident Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory on 26 March 2018.Loukas-Karlsson attended school in Rockhampton, Queensland and Sydney completing high school at the Liverpool Girls school in Sydney. She was the Dux of her graduating year. After high school, Loukas-Karlsson studied at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree. Quotes To be a good judge, you need to have a good IQ and EQ [emotional intelligence] and you need to understand people from many different walks of life. [Public education] gave me a broader exposure to people and that, I hope, makes me a better judge. I had some truly great teachers [at Liverpool Girls] in Maths, English and Ancient History. I was always interested in law. I remember studying The Merchant of Venice and [the play’s hero] Portia was a great role model. As for her talk to Liverpool students, Ms Loukas-Karlsson said she took them through her legal career then gave them five pieces of life advice. A society that has a narrow cohort of people who are making decisions may lead to narrow decision-making. Former Liverpool Girls student’s supreme legal career, 08 March 2024 Quotes about Loukas-Karlsson Her Honour held part time positions as Acting District Court Judge in 1996 and as a Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal between 1997 and 2003. From 2003 to 2006, her Honour was counsel before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. Additionally, in 2015 her Honour was appointed a Director of the Law Council of Australia. Her Honour was also a Member of the International Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee Taskforce on Extra Territorial Jurisdiction in 2007. ACT Supreme Court. Justice Loukas-Karlsson, 23 February 2022. External Links Category:Women from Australia Category:Judges from Australia Category:Living people