The Honourable Trevor Riley AO KC
The Honourable Trevor Riley AO KC is the fifth Chancellor of CDU.
The Chancellor leads the CDU Council, the University’s principal governing body. It is an honorary position that also has a key role in supporting the Vice-Chancellor, and is significant in many university ceremonies.
Mr Riley is a respected Territorian, formerly serving as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2010 until he retired in 2016.
He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1989, sworn in as a judge in 1999 and was the president of the Northern Territory Bar Association between 1993 and 1997.
Mr Riley has had an ongoing connection with CDU, starting in 1991 when he was a part-time lecturer in Civil Procedure, continuing through to his appointment as a University Professorial Fellow with the School of Law in 2016.
Mr Riley has been Chair of various organisations, including Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory Parole Board 2005 to 2010, Judicial Appointments Panel, Commission of Inquiry – Alcohol Policies and Legislation Review of the Northern Territory Government, Northern Territory Electoral Redistribution Committee, Brown’s Mart Community Arts, AFL Northern Territory Appeals Board, and former long-term Board member of St John Ambulance.
In 2021, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his distinguished service to the judiciary, the law and the community.