Kelly Matheson: Litigation Strategies

Описание: Kelly Matheson leads the global litigation component of Our Children’s Trust, a non-profit public interest law firm that provides strategic, campaign-based legal services to youth from diverse backgrounds to secure their legal rights to a safe climate. Our Children’s Trust has launched youth-led climate lawsuits and legal actions in all 50 states over the past decade, including Held v. Montana, in which 16 young people filed a successful constitutional climate lawsuit asserting that by supporting a fossil fuel-driven energy system that contributes to the climate crisis, the state of Montana is violating their constitutional rights to a clean and healthful environment. https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/

The Center for Comparative Legal Studies & Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, the Reves Center for International Studies and the National Center for State Courts presented Climate and Conflict: A One-Day Symposium at William & Mary Law School on March 25, 2024. Speakers explored the urgency of the interrelationships between climate and conflict and potential avenues (legal, political, scientific, diplomatic) to address this growing threat.

Information about the Symposium: https://events.wm.edu/event/view/wm/3...

Comparative Legal Studies & Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellec...

National Center for State Courts: https://www.ncsc.org/

Reves Center for International Studies: https://www.wm.edu/offices/revescenter/