Sarah Catherine Derrington (née Johnstone)[1] AM FAAL is an Australian jurist and academic.
She has served as President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 10 January 2018.
In 1990, she was admitted to the Bar in Queensland and as a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the ACT.
[4] In November 2017, Derrington was appointed by Attorney-General George Brandis as President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and also as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
[2] In 2022, she was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the judiciary and to the law, and to legal education".