Maintaining the integrity of the Earth system should not be a political issue. The environment needs to be understood as the foundation that allows us to have a politics.
Lawyers have an important role to achieve this.
“We built an agricultural, then an industrial, and now we must build an ecological civilisation.” – James Thornton
Lawyers must translate complex science to the community, informing decision makers, and holding polluters accountable.
Our aim is to create a new generation of public interest lawyers to help find solutions to the challenges of the ecological crisis.
If you are a legal practitioner who is interested to learn more or work with us, please contact us here.