Associate Professor Lisa Sarmas serves in the Law faculty at the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Law School, where she holds the position of Director of the JD Program. She earned her BA, LLB (Hons), and LLM degrees from the University of Melbourne. Admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia in 1991, she joined the Victorian Bar as a barrister in 2002. In her academic role, she contributes as a Research Integrity Advisor and is a member of the Obligations Group at Melbourne Law School. Sarmas teaches Equity and Trusts as well as Legal Method and Reasoning in the Melbourne JD program. Fluent in English and Greek, she brings a diverse perspective to her work in legal education and scholarship.

Her scholarly interests encompass feminist legal theory, trusts law, family property law, gender neutrality in equity doctrines, sexual violence within equity and trusts frameworks, and formal equality in family law reforms. Key publications include 'Story Telling and the Law: A Case Study of Louth v. Diprose' published in the Melbourne University Law Review in 1993; 'A Step in the Wrong Direction: The Emergence of Gender Neutrality in the Equitable Presumption of Advancement' in 1994; 'The Perils and Pitfalls of Formal Equality in Australian Family Law Reform,' co-authored with Belinda Fehlberg and Jenny Morgan in the Federal Law Review in 2018; 'Mixed Messages on Sexual Assault and the Statute of Limitations: Stingel v. Clark, the Ipp Reforms and an Argument for Change' in the Melbourne University Law Review in 2008; 'Uncovering Issues of Sexual Violence in Equity and Trusts Law' in the Legal Education Review in 1995; 'Australian Family Property Law: Just and Equitable Outcomes?' with Belinda Fehlberg in the Australian Journal of Family Law in 2018; and 'Trusts, Third Parties and the Family Home: Six Years since Cummins and Confusion Still Reigns' in the Melbourne University Law Review in 2012. In 1985, she received the Jeanette Kosky Prize. Her contributions examine power dynamics, narratives, and equality in legal contexts, influencing discussions in trusts and family law.

Professional Email: l.sarmas@unimelb.edu.au