Sarah Murray

Dr Sarah Murray is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and the Deputy Head of School, Community & Engagement where she teaches Constitutional Law and researches in the areas of Public Law and legal institutional change. She is the Western Australian Convenor and a Council Member of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and a co-Convenor of the Electoral Regulation and Research Network. Her PhD thesis, ‘Less-Adversarial Practice & The Constitutional Role of the Judiciary in Australia’, was awarded the 2011 Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Law by Monash University and was published as a monograph, "The Remaking of the Courts - Less-Adversarial Practice and the Constitutional Role of the Judiciary in Australia", by Federation Press in 2014. She is a co-author of "Winterton's Australian Federal Constitutional Law" (2017, Thomson), "The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia – History, Principle and Interpretation" (CUP, 2015) and has also published across a range of Australian and international journals. Dr Murray has particular expertise on Community Justice Centres and is undertaking a large study into the feasibility of a Community Justice Centre pilot in Western Australia.

Deputy Head of School, Community & Engagement

Coordinator of Honours and Advanced Legal Research Programs

BA (Hons) W.Aust., LLB (Hons) W.Aust.
Grad Dip (Legal Practice)
PhD (Monash)

2017 Fay Gale Fellowship recipient

"Pocketing the Proceeds of Crime: The Legislation, Criminological Perspectives and Experiences"- Criminology Research Grant with Natalie Skead, Hilde Tubex and Tamara Tulich - $48,880

Public Purposes Trust Family Violence and Property Disputes: A pilot research project (collaborative team): $49,500

Recipient of Funding for the Project: ‘Doing Justice Differently': A Community Justice Centre for Western Australia: A Feasibility Study' (2017-2018)

2015 Institute of Advanced Studies Distinguished Early Career Fellowship - $5000

2014 UWA Diversity Initiatives grant (with Natalie Skead) – awarded $9948

2010 National Mediation Conference Scholarship

Participant in 2011 Gilbert & Tobin Federalism Research Roundtable

Sarah is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and the High Court of Australia.

Prior to joining the UWA Law Faculty, Sarah worked as a lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson (Perth & Melbourne) and the Mental Health Legal Centre (Melbourne). Sarah previous held an academic position at Murdoch University School of Law where she taught Constitutional Law and Law, Justice & Social Policy.

‘DOING JUSTICE DIFFERENTLY’: A COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTRE FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A FEASIBILITY STUDY (2017-2018)

Sarah is the Unit Coordinator for Foundations of Public Law (LAWS4108) and teaches in Foundations of Public Law (LAWS4108)and Constitutional Law (LAWS5101).

In 2013 she will coordinate the new JD unit, Foundations of Public Law

She has previously tutored in Administrative Law, Marketing Law and lectured in Law, Justice & Social Policy.

Dr Sarah Murray researches in the areas of public law, institutional change and less-adversarial justice and has a particular interest in Community Justice Centres as well as the constitutional law implications of less-adversarial curial processes.

She completed her PhD at Monash University on the topic "Less-Adversarial Practice and the Constitutional Role of the Judiciary in Australia". Her thesis was awarded a 2011 Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal by Monash University and she is the recipient of a 2015 IAS Distinguished Early Career Fellowship and a 2017 Fay Gale Fellowship