Her monograph, Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore (Routledge 2013) examined the legal regulation of jazz musicians in New York City (1940-1967) through the lens of poststructural theory informed by feminism,critical race theory and critical improvisation studies and was nominated for the 2014 Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Hart Book Prize. More recently, Sara was the principal investigator of a large UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded project, entitled Into the Key of Law: Transposing Musical Improvisation. The Case of Child Protection in Northern Ireland