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Climate change and legal need

The climate crisis is upon us and there is increasing effort around the world to scope its intersection with access to justice. This session looks at how climate change relates to and creates legal need, and what responses might look like.

Speakers

Hannah Perls, Staff Attorney, Environmental & Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School

Sharon Keith, Program Manager, Disaster Legal Help Victoria

Elizabeth Humphrys, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney

Facilitated by Monica Taylor, Lawyer and PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology

A New Perspective on Legal Need and Legal Capability is now available

The third report from the Public Understanding of Law Survey explores how attitudes, skills and confidence matter in satisfactorily resolving justiciable issues.