Catherine Ann "Kate" Warner AM (born 14 July 1948) is an Australian legal academic, and nominee as the next Governor of Tasmania.Professor Warner was born in Hobart, and attended St Michael's Collegiate School and the University of Tasmania.After graduating from the University of Tasmania Law School (LLB(Hons), 1970) she worked as Associate to (then) Chief Justice of Tasmania Sir Stanley Burbury at the Supreme Court of Tasmania and was admitted as a Practitioner (Barrister and Solicitor) of the Supreme Court in 1971. Following completion of a Master of Laws (LLM) research thesis in 1978 on the topic "Presentence Psychiatric Reports in Tasmania", she commenced her lengthy career as an academic at the University of Tasmania Law School.In 1992, she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law and later was appointed Head of the School of Law (the first woman to hold these positions at the University of Tasmania). She was promoted to Professor in 1996 and in 2002 was appointed as foundation Director of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute.She is an internationally recognised expert in the fields of criminal law, criminology and sentencing and has taught, researched and published in these areas for more than 30 years.In 2014, Professor Warner was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to law. In 2012 she was awarded the University of Tasmania's Distinguished Service Medal.On 10 November 2014, the Premier of Tasmania, Will Hodgman, announced that Professor Warner would be appointed as the 28th Governor of Tasmania, after the death in office of Peter Underwood. She will be sworn in on 10 December 2014.
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