On March 13, the ELC will partner with FNWARM (First Nations Women Advocating for Responsible Mining) and Amnesty International to sponsor a special Stand For Water event in Victoria at UVic’s First Peoples House. The event will include a screening >
I couldn’t ask for a better co-op experience than being immersed in the world of public interest environmental law at the ELC. It’s been great to work on a variety of projects, to meet others doing inspiring environmental work, and >
Courtenay’s interest in India was peaked in her first year of law school when she attended the Public Interest Environmental Law Centre in Eugene, Oregon and learned about India’s National Green Tribunal. Courtenay’s interest in India was peaked in her >
The ELC work makes it so easy for me to promote UVic Law as the “best” school to attend if you want to study environmental law and gain practical public interest advocacy skills along the way. Janet Person is not >
Working with staff and students from the ELC has benefited me immensely. I have enjoyed, the professionalism, the ability of understanding a concept, research skills, questions and explanation of how laws apply to our projects, reports, presentations to councils and >
Student co-chair of the ELC Board Andhra Azevedo gave us permission to post her speech from the Student Awards event in January. We appreciate how Andhra puts into words what many people feel about UVic Law. We will miss Andhra’s energy >
ELC Clinic students who demonstrate an excellence in and a commitment to improving environmental law and policy through their work are now eligible for a special prize. Former Director of Fish and Wildlife and Assistant Deputy Minister of Environment James >
By Calvin Sandborn, Meaghan Partridge, Jim McIsaac and Allison Stocks The world’s oceans are choking on plastic. This year up to 20 million tons of plastic bags, food wrappers, bottles, straws, Styrofoam, plastic fishing gear and other plastic products will >
For those interested in public interest environmental law, the annual conference at the University of Oregon is the place to come together with other strategic environmental thinkers and doers. It provides an excellent opportunity for our students to connect with >
Many congratulations to ELC Legal Director Calvin Sandborn who was awarded Svitlana Kravchenko Environmental Rights Award at this year’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon in early March. The award is given to a person who has “exquisite qualities >