Sarah Moulds, PhD

Dr Sarah Moulds is a senior lecturer in law UniSA: Justice + Society and co-founder of the Rights Resource Network SA.  She is passionate about parliaments and connecting citizens and communities with law makers, and her most recent book Committees of Influence explores the important role parliamentary committees play in rights protection in Australia.  Dr Moulds has been actively engaged in local, national and international conversations about emergency law-making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role parliaments can and should play in holding government's to account.  In 2022 Dr Moulds was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to explore how to empower young people to engage effectively with Australian parliaments.
Dr Moulds' career has a strong law reform focus and includes seven years at the Law Council of Australia including as Director of Criminal Law and Human Rights, and more recently as a Senior Project Officer at the South Australian Law Reform Institute. 
Dr Moulds publishes frequently in print and online media as well as national and international academic journals.  She is a member of a range of professional and community bodies seeking to make a positive difference to the law and lawmaking in Australia. 
In 2019 Dr Moulds' PhD Thesis was awarded the University of Adelaide's 2018 Doctoral Research Medal. She also holds a Masters of Comparative Law, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of International Studies.
 
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Master of Comparative Laws University of Adelaide
Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice First Class Flinders University
Bachelor of International Studies Flinders University
Work history
2020 Senior Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia, Justice and Society
2020 Human Rights Expert Panel Member, Parliament of Queensland
2019 Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia, Law School
2017-2018 Acting Course Coordinator and Co-Lecturer, University of Adelaide Law School
2017-2018 Author, Instructor’s Resource Manuals, Oxford University Press
2017-2018 Lead Project Officer, 'Supporting excellence in Work-Integrated Learning', Employability Development Grant Project, University of Adelaide
2017-2018 Senior Project Officer, South Australian Law Reform Institute
2015-2016 Sessional Teacher, Flinders University Law School
2015-2016 Sessional Teacher, University of Adelaide Law School
2014-2015 Legal Affairs Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Penny Wright
2014 Consultant, Business and Human Rights, Law Council of Australia
2013-2014 Director, Criminal Law and Human Rights Division, Law Council of Australia
2007-2013 Senior Policy Lawyer, Criminal Law and Human Rights Division, Law Council of Australia
2005-2007 Graduate Policy Officer, Multilaterals and United Nations (UN) Section and Papua New Guinea Strategy and Liaison Section, Australian Agency for International Development
2005-2007 Law Clerk, Kelly & Co Lawyers
2005-2007 Associate to the Honourable Justice Tom Gray, Supreme Court of South Australia