After completing a BA, majoring in English, Sociology and Industrial Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch in 2000, Sarah graduated with an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Cape Town in 2002.
She spent two years in Johannesburg, working as a human resources officer, before returning to Cape Town to study a BA LLB at the University of Cape Town, graduating cum laude in 2007.
Sarah completed articles at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. in Cape Town, and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2010.
After four years in the corporate commercial department of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc., Sarah left the corporate world to open her own practice, Sarah Lawrence Attorneys.