University of British Columbia – J.S.D / LL.M. with Specialization in Environmental and Natural Resource Law

http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/enlaw/specialization.htm

Vancouver, BC
Faculty of Law
Centre for Global Environmental and Natural Resource Law
Natasha Affolder, Director
tel: 604 822 0734
email: affolder@law.ubc.ca

In a rapidly globalizing world, Canadians can no longer contemplate environmental and natural resource law without considering many global influences. No industry in Canada can operate in isolation from world affairs, nor can regulation be considered without taking into account global environmental and economic influences. Few environmental and natural resource problems remain unaffected by a world that has become economically integrated and in which human activity has the capacity to affect the sustainability of the global environment.

At the same time, Canadian lawyers no longer have the luxury of acting simply as repositories of legal advice. Graduates of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law must be able to draw upon a repertoire of legal, policy-making, problem-solving and negotiation techniques. The lawyer as advocate and adviser must appreciate ecological, social, and economic factors connected with an environmental or natural resource problem.

Students may earn a Specialization in Environmental and Natural Resource Law by undertaking a course of study that thoroughly prepares them for a demanding practice in environmental or natural resource law in a global environment.

Retrieved from University of British Columbia website on 5/6/2010.