Each year, distinguished Australians serve on the Judging Panel for the finalists of the Governor-General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition.

The 2009 panel consisted of:

• The Hon Chief Justice Robert French AC
  (Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia)
• Professor Gillian Triggs 
  (Dean, University of Sydney Law School)
• Professor George Williams
  (Anthony Mason Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales)
• Professor Peter Gerangelos
  (Associate Professor, University of Sydney Law School)
• Professor Patrick Keyzer 
  (Director, Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, Faculty of Law, Bond University)

The 2008 panel consisted of:

• The Hon Justice Dyson Heydon AC
• Dame Leonie Kramer AC DBE
• Mr Malcolm Mackerras AO
• Dr Peter Gerangelos
• Mrs Kerry Jones

The 2007 panel consisted of:

The 2006 Panel consisted of:

The 2005 Panel Consisted of :

• The Hon Justice Ian Callinan AC
• Dr John Hirst
• Professor George Winterton

The 2004 Panel consised of: