Sally Andersen

Sally Andersen is an education focused academic and has two core pillars to her education practice - course work education and clinical legal education.  In course work education she is an experienced educator, having taught 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.  She has extensive experience in leading large units, planning units, student management, and assessments. As a clinical legal educator Sally is an experienced clinical supervisor, having supervised in anti-death penalty advocacy, health justice and law reform clinics.  Sally is also a Fellow of the Monash Eleos Justice Initiative and a HEA Fellow. 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. She has also published in clinical legal education.

In addition, Sally has significant leadership roles within both the course work and clinical programs.  She is currently the Unit Coordinator and Chief Examiner of Foundations of Law, the largest law unit in terms of students enrolments, and the Chief Examiner of three Clinical Placement units, which involve over 500 students each year.  Sally also 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 Monash University Justice Bus program in regional Victoria in November 2024. 

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