The Honourable Robert McClelland
Attorney-General of Australia
Robert McClelland was a speaker at the US Studies Centre National Summit in June 2011.
McClelland has been Federal Member for Barton since 1996. Following the election of the Labor Government in 2007, McClelland was appointed Australia's 33rd Attorney-General, having served as shadow Attorney-General and shadow minister for Workplace Relations, Justice, Homeland Security, Defence and Foreign Affairs since 1998.
McClelland has a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Law from the University of Sydney. Before entering politics, he was a partner in the Sydney law firm Turner Freeman where he specialised in labour and sporting law.
