Launch of Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer

Feb 9, 2026

We were delighted and honoured to formally celebrate the launch of ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ on Monday 2 February 2026.

When we embarked on this project in early 2023 we never could have imagined how big it would become – the book has expanded well beyond what we initially envisioned and now has 28 peer-reviewed chapters covering every core curriculum subject and many elective offerings delivered in professionally accredited law degrees. It has already had over 28,000 views, showing the transformative impact it is already having to drive climate mainstreaming in Australian legal education. 

This project has only been possible because of the incredible commitment, expertise, passion and energy that each of the the contributing authors have brought to it. We are so grateful to each of the almost 50 authors who have authored or co-authored chapters, from 15 Australian universities as well as members of the legal profession. 

Additionally, this project never would have gotten off the ground and become what it was without the incredible support of the La Trobe eBureau. The eBureau is one of Australiaโ€™s leading open educational resource publishers and are so delighted that the whole book is open access and free for anyone to read. In particular we want to extended our deepest gratitude to Steven Chang, Sebestian Kainey and Hugh Rundle. 

We are honoured to have three inspiring speakers to help us launch the book: 

โœจ The Honourable Justice Richards, Supreme Court of Victoria

โœจ Tomo Boston KC, G List Barriers, Chair CommBar Climate Change Committee

โœจ Katrina Webster, Grants Program Lead, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner