The official launch of Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Centre for Law and Justice on Thursday 25 August will bring a leading judge to regional New South Wales (NSW).

Leading legal minds from regional NSW will gather in Bathurst to meet to the Honourable Justice Margaret Beazley AO, President of the Court of Appeal of NSW, and to see her officially open the Centre and CSU's new Bachelor of Laws program.

Head of the CSU Centre for Law and Justice, Associate Professor Alison Gerard, is thrilled to host Justice Beazley for the opening of the new law centre.

"We are delighted to be launching the Charles Sturt University Centre for Law and Justice, which houses our Bachelor of Laws degree. Her Honour, Justice Margaret Beazley has enjoyed a remarkable career in law, she is a real change-maker who is an inspiration to our students," Professor Gerard said.

With her visit to open the Centre, Justice Beazley recognises the importance of law and the courts for the regional communities of NSW.

"A visit to any of the heritage listed court houses of western New South Wales serves not only as stunning viewing, but also as an important reminder of the long history of the judicial system in regional communities," Justice Beazley said.

"That long history reflects the fundamental importance of the rule of law in framing the society and communities in which we live and, perhaps even more importantly, in which we wish to live.

"Something so fundamental must be protected, and it is to young lawyers and the broader community that we must look as the future guardians of the rule of law.

"I have no doubt that the new Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University will serve an important role not only in educating future lawyers, but also in engaging with the legal profession and the broader Australian community."

Justice Margaret Beazley, who first graduated from law in 1974, was the first woman to be appointed President of the NSW Court of Appeal in 2013. She has also served nationally as a judge with the Federal Court of Australia and Industrial Relations Court of Australia. In 2006, Justice Beazley was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for her service to the judiciary and the law.

Before opening the Centre, Justice Beazley will address the first group of students to enroll in CSU's Bachelor of Laws at 9am.

On the previous evening (Wednesday 24 August) in Bathurst, Justice Beazley will meet with the Central Western Law Society at an event hosted by CSU.