Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools

Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-82047-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Legal Pedagogy

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 for students or don’t engage at all. Arguing for the inclusion of climate and environmental justice at the earliest possible opportunity, this 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 national and international levels are presented to support those who wish to include and/or expand provisions. This book also addresses concerns and initiatives of indigenous peoples, demonstrating how partnerships between law schools and others remain 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.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samaras, Rebecca

Grimes, Richard

Williams, Rebecca

Levett, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors

Preface

Richard Grimes, Stephen Levett, Rebecca Samaras and Rebecca Williams

Foreword

PART 1 The Case for Including Climate and Environmental Justice in the Law School Portfolio

1 Climate Change and the Environment: The Educational Imperative

Richard Grimes

2 Locating the Learning and Teaching of Climate and Environmental Justice in the Law School Portfolio: ‘Best Practice’ and Logistics

Rebecca Samaras

3 Climate Lawyering and Legal Education: Decolonizing the Experience

Ashley Nemeth and Arpitha Kodiveri

PART 2 Models for Addressing Climate and Environmental Justice within and Extra to the Curriculum

4 Addressing Dimensions of Environmental Justice through Experiential Learning

Rebecca Williams

5 Legal Ethics, Law Schools, and the Climate Emergency

Camila Bustos

6 Developing Environmental Agents of Change Within the Core Legal Curriculum

Sean Whittaker and Andrea Ross

7 Climate Change, the Environment and Legal Education: Creation of Knowledge through Transformative Experience

Stephen Levett

PART 3 Working in Partnership – Establishing and Maintaining Sustainable and Effective Relationship between Law Schools, NGOs and the Wider Community

8 Establishing Environmental Legal and Policy Clinics in Partnership with Universities

Tom Brenan

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

10 A Student Perspective on Environmental Education at Law School

Harrison Singh

11 Ethos Warriors: Developing Law Students’ Leadership Skills to Create a More Sustainable Planet

Richard Owen

PART 5 Case Studies from Around the World

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

13 Legal Education at the Frontier of the Ecological Transition: A Case Study from Turin

Christina Mosalagae and Ulrich Stege

14 Pursuing Environmental Justice through North-South Collaborations: A Transnational Human Rights and Environmental Law Clinic

Sue Willman

15 The Power of Climate Justice ‘Movement Lawyering’ in Legal Education

Hubert Algie, Isobel Graham and Parker Vize

16 Integrating Climate Change Education in an English Law School

Kim Bouwer

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

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Grimes is Professor of Legal Education at New Vision University, Georgia; Visiting Professor at 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 in York Law School, University of York, UK.

Rebecca Samaras is senior lecturer in Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education, Solicitor and Notary Public in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Rebecca Williams is lecturer in Environmental Law in the School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland.