Marion Anne Frater CNZM is a New Zealand judge. She is Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Parole Board. In 2017, Frater was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.
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Academic career
editFrater completed a Bachelor of Laws with Honours at Victoria University of Wellington in 1972.[1] Interviewed in 2017, she estimated that there had been twelve women in the class of 120 enrolled law students, but only three women graduated.[2] She practised in Wellington with Buddle Anderson Kent and Co.[3] Frater said that she was not expected to become partner because "They just didn’t make women partners. It was an unspoken thing, and I didn’t push for it".[2] She described the difficulty of taking maternity leave, and feeling pressured to come back afterwards, saying "It wasn’t the expectation that if you had children, you would be able to work".[2] After taking two periods of unpaid maternity leave, and finding herself unable to discuss terms with the partners, she left and began working with a barrister, and was paid for her third period of maternity leave.[2]
Frater was made a district court judge in 1990, and was a Family Court Administrative Judge.[2][4] From 1994 to 2002 Frater represented the District Court on the New Zealand Law Society Continuing Legal Education Committee. [4] Frater has advised on gender equity and family violence issues, and was a member of the organising committee for the 1993 International Conference of Women Judges.[4] Frater has served on the committee of the New Zealand Association of Women Judges.[4]
Frater was chair of the Arohata Prison Board from 1999 to 2002.[4] She was appointed as a Judge of the High Court in 2003, and sat in Auckland.[3] In 2007 Frater was appointed as Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Parole Board, and returned to Wellington.[1][2] Frater was appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Public Protection Order Review Panel in 2016.[4]
Frater was a member of the Council of the Wellington District Law Society from 1988 to 1990.[4]
Honours and awards
editIn the 2017 New Year Honours, Frater was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.[4] Frater is a Life Member of the Wellington Women Lawyer’s Association.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Law, Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of (17 January 2017). "Law alumni shine in New Year Honours | Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture / Faculty of Law | Te Herenga Waka". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chan, Elizabeth --- "New Zealand Women Judges oral histories project: part 2" [2017] NZLFRRp 15". www.nzlii.org. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b "New High Court Judge appointed | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "New YearHonours 2017 - Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2024.