Overview
In this course you will examine how climate change intersects with lawyering across public, private and community legal practice. It is increasingly recognised that all lawyers must take a climate conscious approach to their legal practice. Lawyers need to understand how climate change and its consequences are creating injustices, and … For more content click the Read More button below.
Drawing on the expertise of multiple teachers from across the Faculty, classes will cover a broad range of climate-related aspects of domestic and international law, and legal policy and justice issues connected to climate change. Topics may include:
just transitions
energy transitionsclimate impacts on lower socio-economic populations, elderly people and people living with disabilityIndigenous lands, communities, science and researchecocide, climate apartheid and victimisation of advocates
responding to climate risks
climate mobility/displacementsea-level rise and ocean acidificationloss and damage and adaptation
mitigating climate impacts
carbon taxes and dividendsurban sustainability, planning and new economieswater, agricultural, ecosystems and their nexus with climate change
legal innovations
duties of caredirector’s duties, financial disclosures and institutional investorsclimate litigation and human rights, children, and future generationsopen research and sharing sustainable innovation
You will reflect on new and developing career pathways for climate conscious lawyers, and contrast the opportunities and challenges of incremental versus systemic legal changes in response to climate change.
Conditions for Enrolment
Completion of 78UOC in LAWS courses.
Exclusion Courses
Course Attributes
Offered irregularly or alternate years
Delivery
In-person - Intensive
In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
Fees
Type | Amount |
---|---|
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable) | $2124 |
Domestic Students | $6720 |
International Students | $6720 |
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
Access past handbook editions (2018 and prior)