Building a Community of Practice

Join our community of practice to drive the transformation of legal education! The community of practice is open to all legal legal academics who are interested in mainstreaming climate change in legal education. The community of practice will support one another in further developing tools, strategies and resources for the mainstreaming of climate change considerations in Australian legal education as well as relevant legal updates and developments.

To join the community of practice please join our mailing list to connect with colleagues who are also interested in transforming legal education, to learn about new pedagogical resources and strategies and to find out about future events. in learn about new resources, events and to

Long term we hope to develop more specialised communities of practice focused on each of the Priestley 11 prescribed knowledge areas as well as some key elective subjects, as well as regional grouping for each state/territory. If you would be interested in co-ordinating one of these more specialised communities of practices please contact us.

Climate Change and Legal Education: Catalysing Curricula Transformation

This two-day workshop “Climate Change and Legal Education: Catalysing Curricula Transformation” – held on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 February 2026 – brought together legal educators from across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to discuss approaches to embedding climate change and sustainability into the professionally accredited law programs (LLB and the JD courses).

The workshop provided an important opportunity take stock of the important work that has already occurred throughout Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to embed climate change across the LLB and JD degrees – from foundation-oriented units of study, through intermediate units, to capstone units of study – and to deepen and broaden this work through elective offerings.

The workshop will catalysed further strategies for transforming curricula and pedagogy to develop our students’ knowledge and capabilities in partnership with leaders of legal professional practice. It was an opportunity to share cutting-edge thinking about how we can support law graduates to develop “climate conscious” legal competencies, including interdisciplinary engagement, collaboration and problem-solving.

Speakers shared experience from different law schools around the country for institutionally embedding and scaffolding climate change considerations across the professionally accredited law degree, through incorporating program and course learning outcomes, and through constructively aligned assessment regimes and learning activities.

Click here to see the program