Environmental justice in legal education
University of Warwick, 29 March 2010
This conference is designed to give space to people to share and discuss questions and ideas surrounding environmental justice in teaching, legal practice and research. Through workshops and group discussion, participants will be offered some clear pointers, ideas and guidance as to how environmental justice issues can be addressed in the classroom.
Download the speakers' abstracts and biographies.
Who should attend?
Academics and others researching and/or teaching in the area of environmental justice, students, third sector organisations; also of interest to those just wanting to find out more about how to incorporate environmental justice issues into their teaching.
Final programme
This programme was last updated on 30 March 2010.
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09:30
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Registration and refreshments
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10:00
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Welcome & introduction
Tracey Varnava (UKCLE) |
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10:10
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Keynote address: Setting the agenda
John C Dernbach (Director, Environmental Law Center, Widener University Law School, USA) This is available as a slidecast See also John's paper, The essential and growing role of legal education in achieving sustainability (accepted for publication in the Journal of Legal Education), on which his address was based. |
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11:00
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Coffee
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11:15
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Workshop 1
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12:15
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Discussion
Facilitated by Jane Holder (University College London) |
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13:00
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Lunch
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13:30
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Workshop 2
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14:45
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Discussion
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15:30
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Tea
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15:45
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Plenary
Next steps, including formulation of a '10 point plan' for embedding environmental justice in the law curriculum |
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16:30
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Discussion
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