Background: By invitation, I contributed research text to the SCLQ’s public Exhibition, The Many Hats of Sir Samuel Griffith. Marking the centenary of Griffith’s passing, this eponymous Exhibition is long-running, 23.11.20-29.10.21. It questions the impact and legacy of Griffith’s legal history in seven standalone components. I authored two separate components within the Exhibition’s walk-around textual/object installation. COVID-19 has delayed the upload of the accompanying permanent online archive and the launch event by Federal Court Justice Andrew Greenwood (now 11.5.21). Contribution: This major research contribution concerns the sixth component, ‘Griffith the Utopian’. It recognises a little-recognised influence on Griffith – utopian philosophy, including Marx and George. This component underlines Griffith’s influences and attempted reforms, the contemporary political complexities and ferment, and his abiding desire for social justice and democracy. It is innovative in relating to installed pictorials – an 1885 Queensland satiric news cartoon and More’s 1516’s Utopia – and to diverse intellectual resources and reform initiatives. By foregrounding the intellectual background to Griffith’s political decisions and opinion pieces, the complexities of his political compromises are indicated. This component offers valuable educational perspectives/resources for lawyers, academics, students and the public, and offers continuing legal history interest. Significance: The Exhibition is significant for its public benefit aims and judicial-academic collaboration. This component is notable for juxtaposing Griffith’s little-promoted visionary aspects and reform influences, with his political career and pragmatic decisions. Accompanied by public lectures and Curator’s tours, the acclaim of this on-going Exhibition is attested to by its publicity, permanent online status, and continued attendance during COVID-19.