LSCA International Convening Aug. 8 - 10, Berkeley, CA

Registration
Accommodations

AGENDA

Times listed in PDT.

Friday, August 8th

  • 4:00 Hotel Check In Begins

  • 7:00 - 9:00 Welcome Dinner at Hotel (in person only)

Saturday, August 9th

  • 8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast and Registration (in person only)

  • 9:30 - 10:00 Introduction to LSCA

  • 10:00 - 12:30 Panel Discussions (CLE Application Pending)

    • Professional Ethics Codes and Climate Change

    • Eco-Anxiety, Ethics, and Moral Injury

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (in person only)

  • 1:30 - 2:00 Presentation: Factors Guiding Client Choice in Firms

  • 2:00 - 4:30 Facilitated Breakout Discussions

  • 4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up

  • 6:00 - 9:00 LSCA Backyard Bash (outdoor dinner offsite, walkable distance from hotel and campus - in person only)

Sunday, August 10th

  • 1:00 (10 am CET) - Online-Only Facilitated Discussions

    • This conversation will follow the same structure as the facilitated breakout discussions on Saturday and is offered for guests who cannot make those discussions due to their time zone.

    • This conversation will occur from 10-12:30 am CET.

  • 9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast (in person only)

  • 10:00 - 11:30 Reviewing and Sharing Saturday Discussions

  • 11:30 - 12:30 Workstream Introductions

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (in person only)

  • 1:30 - 3:30 Workstream Discussions

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Wrap Up

OVERVIEW

Law Students for Climate Accountability is hosting our first international convening this August! Lawyers, law students, and academics from across the globe will come together Friday morning through Sunday evening (both virtually and in person) in Berkeley, California to discuss the role of the legal industry in a just transition away from fossil fuels.

LSCA is dedicated to pushing the legal industry away from fossil fuels and toward a just transition. The convening is an opportunity to engage with aligned professionals and students, and discuss the future of legal representation in the context of the ongoing climate crisis. We anticipate that our audience will be a unique mix of law students, academics, government and nonprofit attorneys, and corporate attorneys.

In the lead up to the convening, we are creating a map of the global legal industry to help direct our discussion; we aim to share it with these varied stakeholders, and then bring them together to build a collective strategy to move firms in the right direction. This will include formalizing a California LSCA network as well as a planning committee for expanding an annual Global Day of Action. We hope to see you there!