Sarah Schwartz

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 campaign for the Albanese government to reverse its UNRWA funding suspension

    Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for a story titled ‘Life-saving work’: Albanese government under pressure to reverse UNRWA […]

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  • Sarah Schwartz speaks to 6 News about the launch of the Jewish Council

    Sarah Schwartz has recently spoken to 6 News about the launch of the Jewish Council. Click here to watch an […]

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  • Op Ed: As Jews, we don’t accept that criticism of Israel’s government is antisemitic

    Today, talk about antisemitism is everywhere – in newspapers, conversations between friends, and especially on social media. Many Jews feel […]

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