News & Events

On Friday 6 February 2026, we were delighted to have opportunity to present about the Climate Conscious Lawyers project at the 12th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium. Many thanks to the many incredible colleagues and contributors to the project who shared...

This two-day workshop - 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...

We were delighted and honoured to formally celebrate the launch of 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳: 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 on Monday 2 February 2026. When we embarked on this project in early 2023 we never could have imagined how big it...

On Monday 24 November 2025, Professor Nicole Graham, former Associate Dean (Education), University of Sydney Law School spoke about the need to mainstream climate change in legal education on a plenary panel, "The Crowded Law Curriculum: Thoughts from a Crowded Panel"...

On Monday 8 December 2025, Dr Cristy Clark presented on embedding climate change in the teaching of human rights law at the Human Rights Teachers’ Workshop held at Melbourne Law School.

At the 2025 Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) on Rights, Relationality, Resilience, Reciprocity held at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, Dr Julia Dehm spoke about the "Climate Conscious Lawyers" project on the...

On Tuesday 14 October 2025, Dr Julia Dehm shared a "snapshot" of the Climate Conscious Lawyers project as part of the Open Education Global (OEGlobal) Global Tour sessions on Middle East, Asia and Oceania. The session was guided by Alan Levine with local hosts...

On 22 October 2025, the Teaching and Learning seminar at the University of Technology Sydney Law School was a shared presentation by a number of authors of Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer: Climate Change and the Australian Legal System. Description: A national...

On 8 October 2025, Professor Cathy Sherry gave a seminar on "Using educational technology to embed sustainability and legal practice in the law curriculum" at Macquarie Law School. This seminar draw on Prof Sherry's chapter 'Climate Change and Housing: Strata and...

We are honoured and delighted that Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer: Climate Change and the Australian Legal System was recognized by Open Education Global as a winner of a 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence in the Open Practices Awards category, specifically...