Senior Lecturer in Law and Socio Legal Studies
College of Business, Government and Law
Sanzhuan (Sandra) is an international lawyer, specialising in human rights and international migration law. She is a Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association's newly established Committee of International Migration and International Law (2021-2026).
Sandra joined Flinders in February 2015 and was the Course Coordinator of the Master of Laws (International Law and International Relations, MILIR) from May 2018 to Feb 2020. Prior to Flinders, she practised law in Holding Redlich (Melbourne), The University of Melbourne (in-house lawyer), Jingtian & Gongcheng (Beijing), and GE Medical Systems(Beijing).
JD (Melb); PhD (Peking); LLM (Northwestern, USA); MA (Univ South Carolina); LLM (Peking); BS and GradDip Law(Sichuan Uni)
Admitted to practise law in Australia (Victoria and South Australia), USA (New York) and China
LIV-Accredited Specialist in Immigraiton Law (since October 2016); Former Registered Migration Agent Number: 1280860
Australian Awards Fellowship Mongolian Project 2023 - Promoting Human Rights Based Development in Mongolia in the
Digital Era
EHL Faculty Research Grant (2015, 2016); EHL Faculty Establishment Grant (2017-2018); BGL College Seed Grant (2018); BGL College Small Grant (2019)
Asia Study Grant of the National Library of Australia (2019)
Visiting Scholar at Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Law (Jan - Feb 2018)
Hague Academy of International Law, Research on Citizenship in International Law (Aug - Sept 2016)
Seoul National University Law Global Challenge Visiting Scholar (Dec 2015 - Feb 2016)
John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship (UVa, Jan - May 2011)
Australian Endeavour Asia Award (ANU College of Law, Dec 2007 - Nov 2008)
China Scholarship Council Cotutelle Scholarship (RWI, Lund University, Oct 2006- Sept 2007)
Co-Rapporteur, International Law Association's Committee of International Migration and International Law (Nov 2021 - present)
Member, Law Institute of Victoria, Accredited Specialist of Immigration Law
Member, Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law
Planning Committee Member, Asian Society of International Law (Feb 2016 to 2017)
Member, Chinese Society of International Law
Member, RASSA - Refugee Advocacy Service of South Australia