Janine Pritchard

The Honourable Justice Janine Pritchard was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 11 June 2010. She was deputy president of the State Administrative Tribunal after her appointment to the District Court of Western Australia in June 2009. In June 2019, she became the first woman to serve as president of the State Administrative Tribunal.

In 1991, Justice Pritchard joined the Crown Solicitor's Office (now the State Solicitor's Office) and worked in that office until her appointment to the bench. She had also lectured and tutored in Law at universities in Western Australia.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University in Canberra, and a Master of Laws (with Distinction) from the University of London. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Women's Studies from Murdoch University.