The Environmental Law Centre
Society collaborates with the University
of Victoria Faculty of Law to operate the Environmental Law Clinic (ELC). The ELC is Canada's first hands-on academic program in public
interest environmental law and it attracts Canada's best aspiring public interest
environmental lawyers.
Operating under the supervision of a senior environmental lawyer,
the ELC provides legal representation and legal assistance to community/conservation
groups and First Nations; produces citizen handbooks and other public
legal education materials;and advocates on a wide range of environmental
law reform issues. The Clinic is working to help create Canada's
next generation of public interest environmental lawyers.
The Clinic often works with the Ecojustice, West Coast Environmental Law as well as First Nations and community organizations. The ELC also works in a
collaborative partnership with the Berman
Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Washington School
of Law.
The ELC functions at arm's length from the University and is responsible
for raising its operational and program funds. We are thankful to
the Bullitt Foundation, Law Foundation of
BC, Tides Canada Foundation,
and Ted McWhinney for providing funding for this initiative. We
are also grateful to the Tula Foundation, which provides funding
for all core operations of the Environmental Law Centre Clinic.
Law 353 and 353a:
ELC Clinic - Course Information
Summer 2008 - Course Description and Draft Syllabus
Law 353A (ELC Intensive Stream) Fall 2007 Syllabus / Spring 2008 Syllabus
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