Polar Law Group: Field Research in Polar Law

Field Research in Polar Law

Friday, February 12, 2021
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Location:  Online


Lawyers and legal academics are often perceived to spend endless hours in front of a screen or in the library, conducting desk and internet research. Much of legal research, if not all, can be done far away from the issues under research. Have you ever wondered what "going in the field" looks like for legal research?

Environmental Law Club Career Panel

Environmental Law Club Career Panel

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Polar Law Group - Hotspot Up North: Perspectives and Challenges in the Arctic

Polar Law Group

presents

Hotspot Up North: Perspectives and Challenges in the Arctic

Friday, November 20, 2020
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Online Event:  
Register here: https://bit.ly/3k2dfxc 

 

The Polar Law Group would like to invite you to its inaugural webinar, "Hotspot Up North - Perspectives and Challenges in the Arctic."

The Constitutionality of Canada's Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act: A Panel Discussion

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights' Climate Justice Working Group is pleased to present a panel discussion (online webinar) on November 16th, 2020 at 12:45p.m. about the constitutionality of Canada's Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

Q&A with Annamie Paul

Q&A with Annamie Paul

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

This is an online event:  https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82886051136

Students call on the Ontario and federal governments to act on air pollution

Monday, November 18, 2019

Today, November 18th, is the Student Law Clinic Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. We are a student working group at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and, on this day, we call on our provincial and federal governments to take meaningful action to curb emissions in Ontario. The harmful consequences of air pollution are widespread and government inaction only exacerbates them.

Graham Fellow Maria Banda writes "Why should trees have legal rights? It’s second nature"

Monday, June 4, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Graham Fellow Maria Banda explores the international trend towards giving legal rights to nature ("Why should trees have legal rights? It’s second nature," June 1, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

Why should trees have legal rights? It’s second nature

By Maria Banda

June 1, 2018

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