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Environmental justice in legal education
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29 March 2010
University of Warwick
This conference was 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 were offered some clear pointers, ideas and guidance as to how environmental justice issues could be addressed in the classroom.
Download the speakers’ abstracts and biographies at the bottom of the page.
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.
| 09:30 | Registration and refreshments |
| 10:00 | Welcome & introduction Tracey Varnava (UKCLE) |
| 10:10 | 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 on which his address was based. |
| 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:15 | Workshop 1
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| 12:15 | Discussion Facilitated by Jane Holder (University College London) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Workshop 2
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| 14:45 | Discussion |
| 15:30 | Tea |
| 15:45 | Plenary Next steps, including formulation of a ’10 point plan’ for embedding environmental justice in the law curriculum. |
| 16:30 | Discussion |
Event organisers
- UK Centre for Legal Education
- University College London
- University of Warwick Law School
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Phone Number: 024 7652 2280
Email: conferences@warwick.ac.uk
Disabled Facilities
Ramps and lifts through out site
Address
Conference ParkRootes Building
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
West Midlands
England
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