Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio: ‘best practice’ and logistics

Rebecca Samaras

doi:10.4324/9781003505006-3

Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio: ‘best practice’ and logistics

Rebecca Samaras

Dundee Law School

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Abstract

Supporting and ensuring effective learning and teaching depends on a range of factors from well-designed and aligned learning outcomes and assessment to student-centred study methods including active learner participation in the educational process. This chapter sets out the theoretical basis for ‘best practice’ and then applies this to the study of climate and environmental justice within and extra to the law curriculum. It includes a consideration of how such an approach might be integrated within the curriculum as a complimentary topic in its own right and/or as part of the study of other curricula subjects. The chapter ends with a consideration of practical integration at an imaginary law school.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools
Subtitle of host publication	Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum
Editors	Rebecca Samaras, Richard Grimes, Stephen Levett, Rebecca Williams
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Pages	17-33
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040426319
ISBN (Print)	9781032820477
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003505006-3
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2025

Keywords

climate change
environmental justice
experiential learning
clinical legal education
transformative education
Curriculum development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences
General Environmental Science
General Energy

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Samaras, R. (2025). Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio: ‘best practice’ and logistics. In R. Samaras, R. Grimes, S. Levett, & R. Williams (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools: Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum (pp. 17-33). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003505006-3

Samaras, Rebecca. / Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio : ‘best practice’ and logistics. Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools: Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum. editor / Rebecca Samaras ; Richard Grimes ; Stephen Levett ; Rebecca Williams. Routledge, 2025. pp. 17-33

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Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio: ‘best practice’ and logistics. / Samaras, Rebecca.
Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools: Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum. ed. / Rebecca Samaras; Richard Grimes; Stephen Levett; Rebecca Williams. Routledge, 2025. p. 17-33.

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Samaras R. Locating the learning and teaching of climate and environmental justice in the law school portfolio: ‘best practice’ and logistics. In Samaras R, Grimes R, Levett S, Williams R, editors, Teaching and Learning Climate and Environmental Justice in Law Schools: Global Perspectives on Transforming the Curriculum. Routledge. 2025. p. 17-33 doi: 10.4324/9781003505006-3

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