Executive Officer at Jewish Council of Australia

Sarah is a human rights lawyer. She is a Principal Managing Lawyer at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service where she represents clients in the areas of police accountability, the rights of people in prison and coronial inquests into Aboriginal deaths in custody.. She is also a Lecturer at Melbourne University Law School. Sarah was awarded a John Monash Scholarship in 2019 and completed a Master of Laws at Harvard University focused on racism and mass incarceration. Sarah has written for publications including The Age, The Guardian, Crikey, The Conversation, Overland and academic journals.
Crikey covers independent review that vindicates Sarah Schwartz against allegations from The Australian
Crikey has recently published a story titled News Corp smear campaign against Sarah Schwartz demolished by independent review. An excerpt […]
MEDIA ALERT: Independent review finds no racist or antisemitic content at QUT Symposium
An independent review by The Honourable John Middleton AM KC into the National Symposium on Unifying Anti-Racist Research has found […]
Sarah Schwartz on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing to speak about the antisemitism report
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Patricia Karvelas on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing about the Special Envoy’s report about combatting antisemitism. Click […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to 7am Podcast about the Special Envoy’s plan to Combat Antisemitism in Australia
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to 7am Podcast about the Special Envoy’s plan and “on the rise in antisemitism […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to Deepcut about the Antoinette Lattouf verdict
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Deepcut for a story titled Landmark court rulings reveal limits of pro-Israel lobby. […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the synagogue arson attack
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for a story titled Tony Burke says Melbourne synagogue fire an […]