Joseph Campbell

Joseph Charles Campbell (born 1949) is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.

Education Campbell was educated at Tamworth High School. He attended the International Science School at Sydney University in January 1965 . As an undergraduate he studied at the University of Sydney, where he attained honours in Arts and Law. While at university he was a member of St Andrew's College, University of Sydney.

Career Campbell began his legal career in 1974 at the firm of Allen, Allen & Hemsley. A year later he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.

On 26 October 2001, Campbell was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal of that court in 2007. He was appointed as an adjunct professor at Sydney Law School in January 2013, and became Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2013.