Sally Andersen

Sally Andersen has taught in the Law Faculty at Monash University for over 15 years in in Criminal Law, Lawyers’ Ethics in Practice, Contract Law, Torts, Foundations of Law, and Australian Legal Reasoning and Methods, in both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and has extensive experience in planning law units, student management, and assessments. She is also a clinical supervisor in the Monash Law Clinics.  Sally is very passionate about teaching and providing students with the best learning outcomes, and has received Faculty teaching recognition awards. 

She has been involved in research and published in consumer law, focusing on payday lending and its impact on consumers. 

Sally is also a Fellow of the Monash Eleos Justice Initiative and has taught in the Anti-Death Penalty Clinic since 2019. She has also been a supervisor in the cohealth clinic, a health justice partnership and the Law Reform Clinic.

In addition, Sally has significant roles within the clinical program in terms of being Chief Examiner of three Clinical Placement units, involving over 500 students each year.  Sally co-convened the Open Justice Project, a collaboration with the Victoria Bar and Monash Law, and also plays a role in overseeing the MLC Street Law program.  She recently led the inaugural Justice Bus program in regional Victoria. 

Sally Andersen completed her law degree in Western Australia and has practised in a variety of areas, including commercial litigation, criminal and commercial law.