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Nicholas Cowdery

Australian barrister

Nicholas Richard CowderyAO, KC (born 19 March 1946), is a barrister who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Australian state of New South Wales from 1994 to 2011.[1] Cowdery also served as president of the International Association of Prosecutors from 1999 to 2005.

Early life and education

Cowdery attended Wollongong High School and completed his secondary schooling at the Sydney Grammar School.

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  • Nicholas Richard Cowdery AO, KC, is a barrister who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Australian state of New South Wales from 1994 to 2011.
  • Nicholas Richard Cowdery AO, QC, is the longest-serving director of public prosecutions in Australian history, having served in the role for NSW from 1994-2011.
  • He graduated in Arts and Law at the University of Sydney where he was a resident of St. Paul's College, where he is now an Honorary Fellow.

    Cowdery was awarded with an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Wollongong in 2011.

    Career

    In 1971, he commenced practising as a public defender in Papua New Guinea after admission as a barrister in the same year. Cowdery entered private practice in 1975, where he stayed until 1994, concentrating on criminal law, common law, administrative law and some