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Establishment of an environmental justice clinic at Chancellor College, Marlene Chikuni
1. Establishment of an Environmental
Justice Clinic at Chancellor College
Marlene CHIKUNI, PhD
RCE Zomba, MALAWI
Presented at the 5th African RCE Conference,
Uganda: 14-16 October, 2015
3. Introduction
• UNIMA
– meet Malawi’s social, economic & environmental
challenges
• Chancellor College
– liberal arts college
• largest campus with 5 faculties
• Mission
– graduate students conversant with theoretical &
practical knowledge
5. Background
• Environmental law
• 2014 class suggestion
• Right to clean environment violated
• Deforestation, unsafe sewage disposal, waste
management
• Few environmental law practitioners
– Capacity needs assessment
• Environmental justice clinic
6. Objectives (1)
• raising awareness about the Clinic
– official launch
• Provision of free legal services
– represent communities
• Capacity building among students
– provide leadership opportunities by getting them
involved in the management of the clinic
7. objectives (2)
• Research
– environmental law related topics
• Environmental policy proposals
– review and advocate for policy change &
implementation
• Community outreach programmes
– engaging, advising & sensitisation
8. progress
• Four meetings
• Translating ambitions into reality
• Work plan developed
– Students capacity to develop proposals enhanced
10. RCE Zomba involvement in Youth
activities
• Consultations
• Edited concept paper
• Linkages
– politicians, NGOs, fellow students, DFO
• 1000 seedlings planted in February by GCI
members
– reforestation of Zomba mountain