Arguing for the critical importance of the topic within law school curricula (whether for academic credit purposes or not), this novel and exceptionally timely book explores a fundamental question: should law schools teach about climate and environmental justice?
Arguing for the critical importance of the topic within law school curricula (whether for academic credit purposes or not), this novel and exceptionally timely book explores a fundamental question: should law schools teach about climate and environmental justice?
Despite the urgency of climate and environmental protection issues, many law schools present the topic as optional to students, or dont engage at all. Arguing for the inclusion of climate and environmental justice at the earliest possible opportunity, the book presents study models in a variety of contexts and jurisdictions to support research into curriculum development and design. Case study examples of planned climate and environmental justice research and offerings at a national and international levels are presented to support those wanting to include and/or expand provision. The book in particular documents the concerns and initiatives of indigenous peoples, demonstrating how partnerships between law schools and others remains integral to establishing sustainable learning initiatives.
Ultimately promoting and supporting the study of climate and environmental justice in a legal and applied context, this book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and academics involved with sustainability education, training and leadership, legal education, and curriculum design. Clinical legal educators may also find the volume of interest.
Preface
Richard Grimes, Stephen Levett, Rebecca Samaras and Rebecca Williams
Part 1 - The case for including climate and environmental justice in the law
school portfolio
Chapter 1 Climate change and the Environment: the educational imperative
Richard Grimes
Chapter 2 Locating the Learning and Teaching of Climate and Environmental
Justice in the Law School Portfolio: best practice and logistics
Rebecca Samaras
Chapter 3 Climate Lawyering and Legal Education: decolonizing the experience
Ashley Nemeth and Arpitha Kodiveri
Chapter 4 Addressing Dimensions of Environmental Justice through experiential
learning
Rebecca Williams
Part 2 - Models for addressing climate and environmental justice within and
extra to the curriculum
Chapter 5 Legal Ethics, Law Schools and the Climate Emergency
Camila Bustos
Chapter 6 Developing Environmental Agents of Change Within the Core Legal
Curriculum
Sean Whittaker and Andrea Ross
Chapter 7 Climate Change, the Environment and Legal Education: creation of
knowledge through transformative experience
Stephen Levett
Part 3 - Working in partnership the establishing and maintaining
sustainable and effective relationship between law schools, NGOs and the
wider community
Chapter 8 Establishing Environmental Legal and Policy Clinics in partnership
with Universities
Tom Brenan
Chapter 9 The Heart of Partnerships: working with environmental and climate
justice stakeholders
Douglas Ruley and Abigail Fleming
Part 4 - Lawyers as activists practitioners, academics and students
Chapter 10 A Student Perspective on Environmental Education at Law School
Harrison Singh
Chapter 11 Ethos Warriors: developing law students leadership skills to
create a more sustainable planet
Richard Owen
Part 5 - Case studies from around the world
Chapter 12 Making Sense of the Climate Crisis: reflections on the role of
legal education for future lawyering through a Climate Change &
Sustainability Law Clinic
David Rossati and Clemens Kaupa
Chapter 13 Legal Education at the Frontier of the Ecological Transition: a
case study from Turin
Christina Mosalagae and Ulrich Stege
Chapter 14 Pursuing Environmental Justice through North-South Collaborations:
a Transnational Human Rights and Environmental Law Clinic
Sue Willman
Chapter 15 The Power of Climate Justice Movement Lawyering in legal
education
Hubert Algie, Isobel Graham and Parker Vize
Chapter 16 Integrating Climate Change Education in an English Law School
Kim Bouwer
Chapter 17 Building a multi-modal effort on climate and environmental
justice: the journey so far
Michael Robinson-Dorn
Conclusion
Richard Grimes, Stephen Levett, Rebecca Samaras and Rebecca Williams
Richard Grimes is Professor of Legal Education, New Vision University, Georgia; Visiting Professor, Charles University Czechia; Honorary Professor University of Dundee, Scotland; and an independent legal education and access to justice consultant.
Stephen Levett is Professor and Director of the Sustainability Clinic, York Law School, University of York, UK.
Rebecca Samaras is Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Solicitor and Notary Public, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee, Scotland.
Rebecca Williams is Lecturer in Environmental Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
