Mr Samuel Cass
2025
The John and Anna Belfer Trust John Monash Scholar
MPhil or DPhil in Law
Law
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Law
An early career lawyer, Sam hopes to pursue postgraduate research in law at the University of Oxford, with a focus on public law, government transparency and corporate influence, and public interest legal practice. He has worked in a number of legal organisations in Australia, including as Tipstaff and Research Director to the Chief Justice of New South Wales, as a legal officer at a Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Council, and as an advisor to the Attorney-General of the Northern Territory. He is interested in how the law can be used to promote equitable, compassionate, and evidence-based public governance, with a focus on the implications of governance failures for vulnerable and marginalised Australians.