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Legal Education for Sustainability

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  • John C. Dernbach

    (Law at Widener University and Director of Widener’s Environmental Law Center. Email: jcdernbach@widener.edu)

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This article is an overview of sustainability efforts in US law schools. It describes two sets of drivers for these efforts—inside and outside the legal profession. Drivers from within the legal profession include the American Bar Association as well as several state and local bar associations; law firms and other law organisations; and current and prospective law students. Drivers from outside the legal profession include clients, universities and colleges, nongovernmental organisations, and government. This article then describes what US law schools are now doing in the areas of curriculum, research, buildings and operations, community outreach and service, student life, and institutional mission, policy and planning. More generally, it suggests that law schools need to play a leading role in the national and global effort to achieve sustainability.

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  • John C. Dernbach, 2011. "Legal Education for Sustainability," Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, , vol. 5(2), pages 225-232, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jousus:v:5:y:2011:i:2:p:225-232
    DOI: 10.1177/097340821100500212
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