Editing Robert Menzies (section)

=== Legal career ===
After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 1916 with first-class honours in Law, Menzies was admitted to the Victorian Bar and to the High Court of Australia in 1918. Establishing his own practice in Melbourne, Menzies specialised chiefly in constitutional law which he had read with the leading Victorian jurist and future High Court judge, Sir [[Owen Dixon]].<ref name="adb"/> In 1920, Menzies was an advocate for the Amalgamated Society of Engineers which eventually [[Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd|took its appeal to the High Court of Australia]].<ref name="adb"/> The case became a landmark authority for the positive reinterpretation of Commonwealth powers over those of the States. The High Court's verdict raised Menzies's profile as a skilled advocate, and eventually he was appointed a [[King's Counsel]] in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3997023 |title=Two New King's Counsel |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=25,739 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 February 1929 |access-date=24 May 2023 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>