Sarah Margo
Sarah served as both Legal Counsel and Animal Law & Education Manager on the Voiceless Team from 2013-2019. She focused on law and policy reform, advocacy campaigns, research and education and co-authored the 2015 edition of the Voiceless Animal Law Toolkit.
Sarah currently co-teaches Animal Law at the University of New South Wales and serves as Legal and Policy Advisor to the Honourable Emma Hurst MLC, who represents the Animal Justice Party in the NSW Parliament. Sarah also provides consultancy services on animal law and policy reform to various aligned organisations, and offers pro bono legal expertise with the Animal Defenders Office, where she served as the first paid community animal lawyer in NSW.
Sarah previously served as the Principal Lawyer of the Animal Law Institute, a community legal centre dedicated to protecting animals and advocating for their interests through the Australian legal system, and as Co-Secretary of the NSW Young Lawyers’ Animal Law Committee, where she revised and edited the Guide to Companion Animal Law in NSW (2nd edition, 2014). She also served as a mentor to law students interested in animal protection and social justice through the Sydney University Law Society, and continues to mentor new practitioners entering the field.