[4] In 1996, Loukas-Karlsson was appointed as an Acting Judge of the District Court of New South Wales where she presided over criminal trials.

[5] Loukas-Karlsson was also appointed by the New South Wales Government as a part-time Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal (now known as NSW NCAT), a position she held until 2003.

[1] Loukas-Karlsson appeared as counsel before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague from 2003 to 2006 [1] after which she returned to the New South Wales Bar.

You have 30 years of experience in criminal law, including six as senior counsel, and you have appeared in courts across state, federal and international jurisdictions.

[5] Mr Archer, the President of the ACT Bar Association commented that "If I could talk to your [Loukas-Karlsson's] CV perhaps in a thematic way: a commitment to championing the role of women, not only in the law but generally; a commitment to social justice; an undying faith in the idea of equality before the law; and a preparedness to take on the hardest cases and argue the cause of the most vulnerable; decades of achievement with the Legal Aid Office, the Aboriginal Legal Service and The Public Defenders Office; starting as an advocate in the courts when there were few female advocates".