Lou Dargan

Lou Dargan is a human rights lawyer and advocate who has held several prominent positions in the legal and non-profit sectors. She served as the Head of Strategic Litigation Development at Grata Fund, an organization that funds public interest litigation.2

Career Highlights

Grata Fund:: Dargan worked at Grata Fund from September 2018 to January 2022.5 During her time there, she played a key role in supporting important legal cases, such as providing financial backing for disbursements in the Santa Teresa Supreme Court Appeal.4

South Asian Centre for Legal Studies (SACLS):: Following her tenure at Grata Fund, Dargan became a Human Rights Fellow at SACLS in 2018, a position she continues to hold.3

Previous Experience:: Before joining Grata Fund, Dargan worked as a Senior Legal Officer in Madrid, Spain, from June 2015 to July 2017.5

Areas of Expertise

Dargan's work focuses on several key areas of human rights and social justice:

• Democracy
• Gender Equality
• First Nations Justice
• Freedom of Information (FOI)6

She has been involved in strategic litigation, which involves using the legal system to bring about significant social, political, or legal change.7

Education and International Experience

Dargan has international experience, having lived in New York where she was a member of New York University's Reproductive Justice Clinic in 2017-2018.1 This experience informed her perspective on reproductive rights and fetal personhood laws.

Current Status

As of the most recent information available, Lou Dargan is no longer with Grata Fund. She describes herself as a lawyer focusing on human rights issues and is based in Sydney, New South Wales, living on Gadigal Land.6