Michelle Sanson

Dr Michelle Sanson is an international lawyer, humanitarian and author, with bachelor degrees in law and business, a Master of Adult Education, and a PhD in international law. Her professional background includes work as an international trade and transport lawyer with Blake Dawson Waldron; legal academic work at University of Technology in Sydney, and University of Western Sydney, plus visiting academic work at Viadrina European University and the University of Sierra Leone; international law, human rights and humanitarian work including the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in Vienna, Lawyers Without Borders in Namibia and Sierra Leone, and work with the United Nations in Afghanistan, Philippines, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Laos and the Pacific region. Michelle is author or co-author of several books including International Law and Global Governance (Cameron May), International Commercial Arbitration (Thomson Reuters), Essential International Trade Law (Cavendish), Statutory Interpretation (Oxford University Press) and Connecting With Law (Oxford University Press).