Francine McNiff

Francine Valerie McNiff (24 March 1948 - 2 April 2015) was a legal scholar, and was the first female state magistrate in Victoria, Australia. She was appointed Children's Court Stipendary Magistrate in August 1983 after working a senior legal officer within the Victorian public service.^[1]

In November 2013, the University of Melbourne created the Francine V McNiff Chair in Human Rights Law, in recognition of her contributions to the field.^[2][3]

She is the author or co-author of a number of books including Guide to children's courts practice in Victoria^[4] and Criminal liability for Australian computer abuse^[5] in the early 1980s.

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