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Bell began his legal studies at the [[University of Sydney]]. He graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1989 a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours and receiving the University Medal in both degrees.<ref name="Sydney Uni">{{Cite web |title=Sydney Law School alumni named among NSW highest legal counsel |url=https://sydney.edu.au/law/news-and-events/news/2019/02/14/sydney-law-school-alumni-named-among-nsw-highest-legal-counsel.html |access-date=2019-06-05 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> Bell also received the Sydney University Convocation Medal. He was a resident from 1985 to 1989 at [[St Paul's College, University of Sydney|St Paul's College]]<ref name="St Paul's">{{cite web|url=https://stpauls.edu.au/st-pauls-alumnus-appointed-president-of-the-nsw-court-of-appeal/|title=St Paul's alumnus Dr Andrew Bell SC appointed President of NSW Court of Appeal|date= January 2019}}</ref>. He became a member of the College Council in 2004, and continued to serve as a member until 2013,<ref name="St Paul's"/> and served as deputy chairman between 2010 and 2013.<ref name="St Paul's"/> He was later in 2018 to commission a sculpture by Ayako Saito called “Heaven’s Door” for the college.<ref name="St Paul's"/>

In 1990, Bell was the [[Rhodes Scholar]] for New South Wales and undertook a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford.<ref name="Sydney Uni"/> He graduated with First Class Honours and was awarded the [[Vinerian Scholarship]] for first place in the [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]]. The following year he earned his doctorate from Oxford University.<ref name="St Paul's"/> His thesis formed the basis for his book Forum Shopping and Venue in Transnational Litigation published by [[Oxford University Press]]. He was later to become a selection committee member oftheof the Australian Rhodes Scholar's Association.

==Legal career==