Dr Laura Schuijers
Laura accepts briefs in all areas of law.
Since coming to the bar, Laura has been briefed in matters involving:
• misleading conduct
• judicial review of ministerial decisions
• planning permits and objections
• environmental protection, including under the EPBC Act and state legislation.
Laura has particular expertise in climate change and climate litigation across a wide range of practice areas (commercial, public, and criminal) but enjoys working on a variety of matters and maintains a broad practice.
Before coming to the bar, Laura practised as a solicitor at DLA Piper, and served as the Foote postdoctoral fellow in Climate Solutions at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, where she advised government and industry as well as the former US VP Al Gore, chairman of the Climate Reality Project. Laura is a lecturer at Sydney Law School, where she recently served as Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law. She teaches the subject Environmental and Climate Science in Court.
Laura read with Katherine Brazenor and her senior mentors are Juliet Forsyth SC and Emrys Nekvapil SC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Areas of Practice
Cases
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, LLB (Hons), MEnv, PhD
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 commencing her postdoctoral fellowship. She is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Dr Laura Schuijers
Profile
Laura accepts briefs in all areas of law.
Since coming to the bar, Laura has been briefed in matters involving:
• misleading conduct
• judicial review of ministerial decisions
• planning permits and objections
• environmental protection, including under the EPBC Act and state legislation.
Laura has particular expertise in climate change and climate litigation across a wide range of practice areas (commercial, public, and criminal) but enjoys working on a variety of matters and maintains a broad practice.
Before coming to the bar, Laura practised as a solicitor at DLA Piper, and served as the Foote postdoctoral fellow in Climate Solutions at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, where she advised government and industry as well as the former US VP Al Gore, chairman of the Climate Reality Project. Laura is a lecturer at Sydney Law School, where she recently served as Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law. She teaches the subject Environmental and Climate Science in Court.
Laura read with Katherine Brazenor and her senior mentors are Juliet Forsyth SC and Emrys Nekvapil SC.
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Areas of Practice
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, LLB (Hons), MEnv, PhD
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 commencing her postdoctoral fellowship. She is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.