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Dr Sarah McKibbin

Dr Sarah McKibbin
Name Sarah McKibbin
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Lecturer (Law)
Section School of Law and Justice
Office Q404A
Location Toowoomba Campus
Email
Qualifications LLB(Hons) USQ , GDipLegPrac ANU , PhD USQ
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80wz1/dr-sarah-mckibbin
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Biography

Dr Sarah McKibbin is a Lecturer in the School of Law and Justice with expertise in private international law (conflict of laws) and legal history.

Sarah graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (Law) in April 2020. Her thesis, supervised by Professor Reid Mortensen, explored the history and development of the public policy exception in Anglo-common law private international law.

Sarah currently teaches the following courses at UniSQ: Cross-Border Litigation, and International Family Law. She has previously taught Legal Writing and Research, and Legal History.

Research Career


  • Law not elsewhere classified ( 180199 )
  • Comparative Law ( 180106 )
  • Conflict of Laws (Private International Law) ( 180107 )
  • Conflict Of Laws (incl. Private International Law) ( 480303 )
  • Comparative Law ( 480302 )
  • Public Law ( 480700 )
  • International And Comparative Law ( 480300 )
  • Law And Humanities ( 480403 )
  • Private Law And Civil Obligations ( 480600 )
  • Law In Context ( 480400 )
  • Equity And Trusts Law ( 480602 )

Private international law, legal history


Member of the Selden Society – Australian Chapter
Associate member of the Society of Legal Scholars


  • Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)

Teaching


LAW3463 Cross-Border Litigation
LAW8718 International Family Law
LAW1115 Legal History
LAW5115 Advanced Legal History


8 Years


Research Committee, School of Law and Justice
Learning, Teaching and Student Success Committee, School of Law and Justice
Research Seminar Series Co-ordinator, School of Law and Justice (2019–present)
Lawfully blog editor, School of Law and Justice