Out of Office: The Hon Jennifer Smith

Date: Thursday 27 August 2026
Time: Arrival 5:00 PM for a 5:15 PM start, concluding at 6:15 PM with Collegiality to follow
Location: Courtroom 1, 1903 Building, Stirling Gardens, Perth

The Hon Jennifer Smith served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from June 2018, having been an Acting Judge since August 2017. Prior to becoming a Judge, her Honour was Acting President of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) from 17 October 2009 until 26 December 2018.

Her Honour joined the Crown Solicitors Office in 1985 and remained with the Office until January 2000, after being appointed Senior Assistant Crown Counsel in 1997. Justice Smith was appointed a Commissioner of the WAIRC on 10 January 2000, and Senior Commissioner on 21 November 2006.

In this session, free from the constraints of judicial office, the Hon Jennifer Smith will share her reflections on her time, including the challenges facing the judiciary in our contemporary world. She will provide remarks and will take questions from attendees.

At the conclusion of the event, collegiality will continue over drinks.

Attendees will be able to claim 1 CPD point.

CPD Information

Practitioner ID numbers are issued by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Information from the Board is available here. We require these to issue CPD certificates. If you do not want a CPD certificate, please put '00000' in the box on the booking form.

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About the Piddington Society

Your attendance, engagement and support goes toward funding Piddington's access to justice projects — the Piddington PLT Fund, the Piddington Justice Fund for CLCs, and Kaartdijin, our First Nations Legal Education Fund. We also fund the Christine Wheeler PLT Scholarship and John Chaney Award for new law graduates and law students.

CPD Accreditation

This program is delivered by The Piddington Society, an accredited CPD Provider approved by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Practitioners outside Western Australia must self-assess this activity against the CPD rules in their home jurisdiction. Certificates of completion are issued to assist with record-keeping, but the final decision as to compliance rests with the individual practitioner and their local regulator. Note that some jurisdictions impose caps on certain delivery modes (e.g. South Australia limits 5 units per CPD year for web-based/recorded programs).