The public interest, law and the environment: Tasmanian Dam 40 years on

Thursday 17 August 2023, 4.30-7pm, Room 317

CREEL and MLS Clinics program co-hosted an informal panel session about public interest litigation related to the environment for the Melbourne Law School staff and students.

The panel members, Rohan Nanthakumar, Brad Jessup and Lulu Weis shared their insights on public interest environmental law, where it has been and where it is going. The panel then followed by a screening of the documentary movie Franklin (2022), which tells a personal story of the most significant environmental protest in Australia’s history, and the resulting High Court litigation.

Audience at panel discussion

  • Past event
  • Communities & environment
  • regulation & governance of the environment & food systems