Cale Jaffe on Environmental Advocacy and Clinical Education
In this episode of the Free Range Podcast, host Michael Livermore is joined by guest Cale Jaffe, director of the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. The conversation touches on several key issues in environmental scholarship and pedagogy.
Episode is an appropriate teaching tool for but not limited to the following topics & courses: education, environmental justice, social activism
Discussion Questions
- What are some of the unique challenges of environmental law that make it a complex and difficult area of practice? How can lawyers overcome these hurdles?
- The guests discuss some high-profile environmental litigation cases. What legal strategies and arguments were effective in these cases? How did the cases shape environmental law?
- What core concerns and critiques did the environmental justice movement raise regarding mainstream environmentalism? Are those concerns still relevant today?
- How can lawyers and advocates meaningfully listen to and collaborate with impacted communities? What gets in the way of true community-centered lawyering?
Additional Readings
- Delmas, M.A. & Young, O.R. (2009). Governance for the environment: New perspectives. Cambridge University Press.
- Rosenbaum, W.A. (2019). Environmental politics and policy. CQ Press.
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