The EJ Legal Fellowship offers an exciting opportunity to two young, up-and-coming professionals who are passionate about supporting communities in securing rights to their lands, resources and knowledge.
The legal fellows will be introduced to a broad spectrum of issues within environmental and human rights law and provided hands-on experience and training in research, legal empowerment, data collection and analysis, public interest litigation, analysis of laws and regulations, and advocacy. Over the duration of the Fellowship, the fellows will have the opportunity to spend time and work directly with communities, community-based organizations and community paralegals. At the completion of the Fellowship, each fellow will submit a research report on a topic of interest within the environmental justice area.
The Fellowship will provide the successful applicants with a stronger understanding of/in:
- The principles of climate change justice, environmental justice, human rights law and citizenry participation in environmental decision-making.
- The realities of communities facing climate and environmental injustices.
- Community-centered legal empowerment methodologies
- The environmental and climate change decision-making processes of key institutions and bodies.
- Analysing and evaluating environmental, climate and human rights laws, regulations and policies.
- Analysing and commenting on environmental impact assessments (EIA), climate impact assessments (CIA), environmental and community audits and strategic impact assessments (SEA).
- Environmental and climate change justice litigation.
- Evidence-based environmental justice advocacy and research.