Sarah Murray

Dr Sarah Murray is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia 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 completed a large study into the feasibility of a Community Justice Centre pilot in Western Australia in 2018.

Council Member and WA Convenor of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law

WA Co-Convenor of the Electoral Regulation Research Network

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

FABLE Research Collaboration Award $10,000: ‘Best Practice Evaluation Tool for the Western Australian Start Mental Health Court’ (As Lead CI with team including Harry Blagg, Joe Clare, Tamara Tulich, Aleksandar Janca, Alana Thompson, Liz Richardson (Monash), Adam Brett (Start Court), Magistrate Felicity Zempilas (Start Court)

FABLE Research Accelerator Scheme Award $20,000: ‘Ensuring the Right to Have Rights’ (with large team across FABLE led by Ned Curthoys)

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

FABLE Research Collaboration Award $10,000: ‘Best Practice Evaluation Tool for the Western Australian Start Mental Health Court’ (As Lead CI with team including Harry Blagg, Joe Clare, Tamara Tulich, Aleksandar Janca, Alana Thompson, Liz Richardson (Monash), Adam Brett (Start Court), Magistrate Felicity Zempilas (Start Court)

FABLE Research Accelerator Scheme Award $20,000: ‘Ensuring the Right to Have Rights’ (with large team across FABLE led by Ned Curthoys)

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

She has previously taught Legal Process, Administrative Law, Marketing Law and lectured in Law, Justice & Social Policy.