ELC Alumna Melinda Skeels
Melinda Skeels has come a long way from the windowless office she occupied as one of the ELC’s first articled students. But her ELC memories focus more on the daily walking meetings she had with Calvin (which is still a >
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Stand for Water March 13
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 >
ELC Co-op Student Emilie Benoit
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 Jacklin, ELC Club Executive Spotlight
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 >
Janet Person, UVic Law: Donor Spotlight
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 >
John Roe, Veins of Life Watershed: Client spotlight
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 >
Andhra Azevedo: Student Spotlight
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 >
QC congratulations to Calvin
With unbridled enthusiasm, ELC Legal Director Calvin Sandborn has taught over 400 Clinic students and mentored more than 20 articled students. But even before joining the ELC in 2003, Calvin was busy providing workable solutions for BC’s key environmental problems >
James H.C. Walker Memorial Prize in Environmental Law
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 >
Op-ed: If you love the ocean, change the throwaway economy
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 >