Dr Laura Schuijers
Laura specialises in planning, environment, and climate change litigation. She accepts briefs to appear and advise in commercial, public, and criminal matters.
Her expertise includes:
• “greenwashing,” ie potentially false or misleading conduct under the Australian Consumer Law that relates to environmental claims
• judicial and merits review of government decisions, including approval decisions for projects and activities likely to contribute to climate change and/or environmental harm projects and activities likely to contribute to climate change and/or environmental harm
• matters involving climate change attribution and complex causation
• climate-related adaptation planning, as well as general development applications; and
• environment and wildlife protection.
Laura has postgraduate qualifications in environmental science and enjoys working with experts and expert evidence.
Before joining the bar, Laura practised as a solicitor in planning and environmental law (DLA Piper) and worked as an academic specialising in climate litigation. She is a lecturer at Sydney Law School where she serves as Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law, and teaches the subjects Environmental and Climate Science in Court and Real Property. She publishes in leading academic journals and supervises Honours and PhD students.
Laura holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne (Planning and Environmental Law Prize); a Master of Environment (First Class Hons, Dean’s Prize); and a PhD in environmental law (APA Award; Endeavour Australia Award). She attended Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Law as a visiting scholar and Oxford University’s Law Faculty as a visiting academic, before continuing on as a post-doctoral fellow in climate solutions at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Laura is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Laura read with Katherine Brazenor and her senior mentors are Emrys Nekvapil SC and Juliet Forsyth SC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Areas of Practice
Cases
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, LLB (Hons), MEnv, PhD
Dr Laura Schuijers
Profile
Laura specialises in planning, environment, and climate change litigation. She accepts briefs to appear and advise in commercial, public, and criminal matters.
Her expertise includes:
• “greenwashing,” ie potentially false or misleading conduct under the Australian Consumer Law that relates to environmental claims
• judicial and merits review of government decisions, including approval decisions for projects and activities likely to contribute to climate change and/or environmental harm projects and activities likely to contribute to climate change and/or environmental harm
• matters involving climate change attribution and complex causation
• climate-related adaptation planning, as well as general development applications; and
• environment and wildlife protection.
Laura has postgraduate qualifications in environmental science and enjoys working with experts and expert evidence.
Before joining the bar, Laura practised as a solicitor in planning and environmental law (DLA Piper) and worked as an academic specialising in climate litigation. She is a lecturer at Sydney Law School where she serves as Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law, and teaches the subjects Environmental and Climate Science in Court and Real Property. She publishes in leading academic journals and supervises Honours and PhD students.
Laura holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Melbourne (Planning and Environmental Law Prize); a Master of Environment (First Class Hons, Dean’s Prize); and a PhD in environmental law (APA Award; Endeavour Australia Award). She attended Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Law as a visiting scholar and Oxford University’s Law Faculty as a visiting academic, before continuing on as a post-doctoral fellow in climate solutions at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Laura is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Laura read with Katherine Brazenor and her senior mentors are Emrys Nekvapil SC and Juliet Forsyth SC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Areas of Practice
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, LLB (Hons), MEnv, PhD