 Cowdery is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.He is a member of the board of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia and is the Chairman of the "Magna Carta" Committee of the Rule of Law Institute, a body that celebrated the 800th anniversary of "Magna Carta".Cowdery was Chairman of White Ribbon Australia before standing down after it was revealed in the media that Cowdery had earlier made comments about the sex life of Keli Lane, a convicted murderer.