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.
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for an article titled “Security at Australian synagogues stepped up as Netanyahu links […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to AFR about antisemitism in Australia
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Australian Financial Review for a piece titled ‘We must rescue our society’: PM urged to […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SBS about the riots in Amsterdam
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SBS about the riots in Amsterdam. An excerpt from her comments quoted in the article […]
Sarah Schwartz’s piece in Crikey: “Selective reporting on Amsterdam attacks perpetuates anti-Palestine racism and antisemitism”
Sarah Schwartz has recently had a piece published in Crikey titled “Selective reporting on Amsterdam attacks perpetuates anti-Palestine racism and […]
Sarah Schwartz featured in campaign to sanction Israel, as covered by Women’s Agenda
Sarah Schwartz is one of several figures featured in this campaign to sanction Israel, featured in the Women’s Agenda, alongside […]
Sarah Schwartz interviewed on Channel 10 news about the October 7th anniversary
Sarah Schwartz was interviewed on Channel 10 news, about all of the people we were thinking of on October 7, […]
