Biography
James Renwick was first admitted to practice in 1985. After a period in private practice in Sydney, he was a Principal Legal Officer in the Northern Territory and then the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. Supervised by Professor James Crawford, he received the first SJD from an Australian University in 1993. He was a Fulbright Scholar in 2007. He went to the NSW Bar in 1996 and took silk in 2011. He was 3rd Independent National Security Legislation Monitor 2017-2020 following Bret Walker AO SC and The Hon Roger Gyles AO KC. He has been an Adjunct or Honorary Professor at the ANU for many years. In 2021 he became Deputy Judge Advocate-General (Navy) and was promoted to the rank of Commodore.
