NECESSITY: Documentary Screening and Discussion

UBC Life Building (Old SUB) 6138 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Please join the Centre for Law and Environment (CLE) and Green College for a screening of Jan Haaken's NECESSITY, a two-part documentary on legal strategies, allyship & climate resistance. This two-part film series unfolds around activists and their use of the necessity defense in jury trials in different regions of the US after being charged […]

$10

Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy

Online/Virtual Event

The First Annual Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy seeks to inform and inspire interested people around the world about the role of law in securing environmental rights and justice. This innovative program mobilizes the power of stories to bring issues of environmental rights and justice to life and inspire action, as nine courageous “Warrior […]

Free

Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy

Online/Virtual Event

The First Annual Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy seeks to inform and inspire interested people around the world about the role of law in securing environmental rights and justice. This innovative program mobilizes the power of stories to bring issues of environmental rights and justice to life and inspire action, as nine courageous “Warrior […]

Free
Event Series Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Inspirathon

Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Inspirathon

Online/Virtual Event

The Centre for Law and the Environment is excited to announce our first annual Inspirathon. Part research-a-thon, part global collaborative exercise, the Inspirathon is open to students from around the world. Working in teams of two or more, students will choose a country to research, and will collaborate in their team to answer a series […]

Free

In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs & Their Lawyers Speak About Youth Climate Cases, Part 1 – Mathur v Ontario

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

Free

In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs & Their Lawyers Speak About Youth Climate Cases, Part 2 – La Rose v Canada

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

Free

In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs & Their Lawyers Speak About Youth Climate Cases, Part 4 – Juliana v US

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

Free