Ms Sara Rayment

Conjoint Associate Professor Sara Rayment researches legal design, legal innovation and international disputes. She has particular interest in algorithmic law, natural language processing and visual law. She is the course coordinator of UoN’s legal design course. Sara is also the founder of Inkling Legal Design where she advises government agencies, regulators. law firms and corporate counsel on emerging technology and the practice of law.

Sara joined the University of Newcastle in 2015 as a sessional academic and was appointed as a conjoint in 2017. She holds a Master of Laws (International Arbitration) from University of London, Queen Mary College and a combined Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Law from the University of Newcastle.

With over 10 years of experience in legal practice, Sara specialises in international arbitration and international investment law. She began her career at leading international firm King & Wood Mallesons and later practiced at leading national firm Sparke Helmore.

Sara has served as delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) where she participated in plenary sessions and assisted with the drafting of UNCITRAL’s Technical Note on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) published in 2017 which provides a guide for the key elements to be included when designing an online cross-border dispute process for high volume and low value transactions. 

She is a member of the advisory committee for CIFAL Newcastle’s Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction, which is one of 15 International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders working under the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). 

In 2019, Sara graduated from Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Teaching and Learning Studio where she developed strategies for helping lawyers adopt design-thinking and creative problem solving.