Sarah Douglas

About Sarah

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Sarah (she/her) has a general civil litigation practice with a specialty in estates disputes. In addition, Sarah has an estate planning practice, and is a member of the firm’s team resolving land claim disputes through the Nova Scotia Land Titles Initiative. Sarah has appeared before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia’s Probate Court, Provincial Court, and Small Claims Court.

Sarah also has a passion for public international law and is a co-coach of the Schulich School of Law’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team.

Before entering the legal realm, Sarah had a career in the political sphere. Her experience working in political offices at all orders of government and on dozens of campaigns in the past 20 years gives her a thorough understanding of how to anticipate and meet clients’ needs, succeed in high performance environments, build community relationships and manage crises.

With a background in the arts, Sarah is active in the creative community as a board member of the Teichert Gallery and One Light Theatre. She also volunteers with Halifax Pride and spends her free time enjoying the outdoors.

During law school, Sarah placed as a Top Ten Oral Advocate award winner at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition in 2020. She is also a contributor to the international community of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security.

External Publications:

• “Human Rights and Transnational Organized Crime” (forthcoming in F. Allum & S. Gilmore, eds., Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime (Routledge, 2021)
• “Preventing Genocide: Reigniting the Staying Power of the Convention”, Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 29, Fall 2020.