UTAS Student Environment and Animal Law Society - SEALS

15/10/2024

Hey Law Students,

We're excited to announce that applications for our 2025 Executive Committee are now open!

The only requirements are that you will be a Law Student at UTAS in 2025 and that you have a passion to do great things with SEALS in the future. Every Law student is welcome to apply, you don't have to be a previous SEALS member!

SEALS is a non-profit student society that dedicated to using the law to protect the environment and animals. We provide legal and professional skills development skills development and community legal education. In the past year, we have done this by writing submissions on law reform issues and running public panels workshops and social events.

The Executive Committee positions are:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Social Media Officer
- Events Officer

To apply for a position, please complete the google forms here: https://forms.gle/a1RJzWPaJkPn3hEWA

06/08/2024

Introducing the amazing women on our Environmental Women’s Careers Panel for Thursday Night! Join us at Deep South Brewing Co to have a chat and a beer from 6pm!

FREE Tickets via the link in our bio!

Emily Flies was raised in the suburbs of upstate New York where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and psychology. After a few years of teaching outdoor education, she completed a master’s degree in disease ecology and a PhD in disease ecology and epidemiology at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. She is now a Senior Lecturer at UTAS in Environments and Sustainable Communities in the School of Geography Planning and Spatial Sciences.

Alice has volunteered and worked in the environment sector with ENGO’s and grassroot community groups for a decade. Dappling in law through to citizen science, she now leads the Wilderness Society Tasmania.

Tabatha Badger MP is the member for Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. She is a keen bushwalker and landscape photographer dedicated to protecting our globally unique environment. Tabatha has served as Chair of the Wilderness Society, Campaign Director of Restore Pedder and sat on the committee of various other ENGOs and community associations. Professionally, Tabatha was running a business undertaking conservation and ecosystem management, and she has a Masters in Tourism.

Susan Gough is a senior lawyer with 30 years experience practicing in environmental, renewable energy, climate change and natural resources law. She has volunteered her time on boards in the environmental (Tasmanian Land Conservancy) and higher education (UTAS Foundation) sectors with a focus on sustainability, governance and philanthropic issues. Susan currently leads the legal function at TasNetworks (after 22 years at Hydro Tasmania).

01/08/2024

Inviting you to the Women’s Environmental Careers Panel on Thursday 8th August (Week 4)!

Join us and discuss and interact with our professional panel about their careers in the environmental space. Learn about their experience in this area as a woman and discuss the issues women face. We hope for a night of open discussion and deep listening to assist students with how they might move into the future whilst learning from the past.

Please join us at South Brewing Co. on Thursday 8th August, 6-8pm, grab a beer and eat some pizza and have some great chats!

01/08/2024

Hey folks,
Keen to be apart of this event. Grab tickets from the qpay link!

The Environmental Careers Expo is next week! Wednesday August 7th. Get your tickets: https://clubs.getqpay.com/?eid=25806 or on FB https://www.facebook.com/events/480944771053640

Hosted by the Tasmanian University Biological Sciences Club, the Bottom of the Earth Society, the UTAS Student Environment and Animal Law Society - SEALS and Environment Society - come meet a HUGE assortment of environmental organisations and businesses - find work, ask questions, and network at the states largest event focusing of environmental careers. Join us, Wednesday 7th August from 12-4pm in the Tasmanian University Student Association - TUSA building.

10/05/2024

Get ready for SEALS' first Cuppa n Chat of the year!

We will be joined by Matthew Stilwell, Heidi White and UTAS alumni Mia Partridge from the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.

🕑 - 12pm, Tuesday 14th May
📍- Outside Ciano's Espresso Bar, Sandy Bay Campus

Everyone is welcome to attend. We can't wait to see you there!

19/03/2024

SEALS are hosting a Submission Writing Workshop on the proposed Development Assessment Panels with Dr Phillipa McCormack.

The workshop will consider the application of the proposed Development Assessment Panels and the consequences this has on National Parks and Public Land. This will lead into consideration of the submission writing process and the key criteria that make for a persuasive submission in the aim of submitting one.

Please join us in the moot court in the law school on March 25th at 2:30 pm to take part in this exciting submission writing opportunity!

13/03/2024

Meet our 2024 SEALS Social Media Officer, Tara Dallas!

SEALS is dedicated to using the law to protect animals and the environment through workshops, public panels and submission writing. If this sounds like something you're interested in, don't hesitate to join us at our upcoming events! 🦭

13/03/2024

Meet our 2024 SEALS Treasurer, Keegan Moore!

SEALS is dedicated to using the law to protect animals and the environment through workshops, public panels and submission writing. If this sounds like something you're interested in, don't hesitate to join us at our upcoming events! 🦭

13/03/2024

Meet our 2024 SEALS Events Officer, George McDermott!

SEALS is dedicated to using the law to protect animals and the environment through workshops, public panels and submission writing. If this sounds like something you're interested in, don't hesitate to join us at our upcoming events! 🦭

13/03/2024

Meet our 2024 SEALS Vice President, Patrick Pickering!

SEALS is dedicated to using the law to protect animals and the environment through workshops, public panels and submission writing. If this sounds like something you're interested in, don't hesitate to join us at our upcoming events! 🦭

13/03/2024

Meet our 2024 SEALS president, Will Heddle!

SEALS is dedicated to using the law to protect animals and the environment through workshops, public panels and submission writing. If this sounds like something you're interested in, don't hesitate to join us at our upcoming events! 🦭

09/11/2023

SEALS are Pleased to Announce Our 2024 Executive Committee 🦭

🪴President - William Heddle
🪴Vice-President - Patrick Pickering
🪴Secretary - Sophie Sungur
🪴Treasurer - Keegan Moore
🪴Social Media Officer - Tara Dallas
🪴Events Officer - Georgie Mcdermott

Thank you to all those who applied! 🌱

28/09/2023

SEALS Seeking Nominations for the 2024 Executive Committee! 🦭🍀

We are looking for Expressions of Interest for the following positions:
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
TREASURER
SECRETARY
SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER
EVENTS OFFICER

EOIs are NOW due 13th October 11PM ⏰

Voting will occur at our AGM: Mon 16th of October at 11AM at the Law School (room TBA) or Vla Zoom. 🗳️

As always feel free to reach out with any questions! 🪴

Link to express interest: https://forms.gle/DQACEmFwxDHGvpB96

14/09/2023

Last week we hosted with the International Justice Initiative a workshop work the inspirational Matthew Stilwell! 👨‍💼

It was such a fantastic event and we were so lucky to have Matthew share his wisdom and experience in public interest litigation in the context of climate change! 🌤️

30/08/2023

Last Tuesday we hosted a cuppa and chat with Jen!

We had amazing chat about law, public health, the environment and how all three intersect and can be used to better society as a whole! Thanks for those who came 🦭

28/08/2023

Join the Bushwalking Club, SEALS, and the Environment Society for a great bush walk at the Organ Pipes! 🚶🦭🌿

Located in Kunyani (Mt Wellington), the Organ Pipes track is roughly 3 hours return, beginning at the Springs. 🗻

The plan is to meet at the TUSA car park at 9 am on September 9. From there, we will carpool to the springs, begin the walk at 10 am, and will hopefully complete the walk by 1 pm. ⏰

Please note that there are 'Driving' and 'Non-driving' tickets available both are free on QPay, but non-drivers must contribute $5 to their driver on arrival. 🎟️

If you are willing and able to drive yourself and others, there will be no cost at all. If you are not driving, please bring $5 in cash to give to your driver to cover the (ever-increasing) cost of fuel. 🚗

Also ensure to bring enough food and water for a 3-hour walk, as well as all the clothing you will need to stay warm (weather dependent). ☀️

We hope to see as many of you as possible on September 9! 🚶🦭🌿🗻

Link here: https://organpipesbushwalk.getqpay.com?qpayapp=true

20/08/2023

SEALS and the International Justice Initiative are holding a Workshop on the Conference of Parties, Hosted by Matthew Stilwell! 🌏

Matthew will be sharing with us his previous experiences with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP), the impact and significance of his work along with some personal insights and stories. 🌦️

Matthew is a UTas Law School Alumni who has worked as a public interest lawyer, with governments, international organisations and non-government organisations on trade, climate, energy and sustainable development. 👨‍⚖️

Details: 11am, September 7, Moot Court, Law Faculty. Free Tickets via QPay 🎟️

Can’t wait to see you there! 🦭🪴

13/08/2023

Join us for a Cuppa and Chat! Join us with our very special guest: Jen Boocock! We can’t wait to see you on Tuesday 22nd of August at 10 am at Ciano's Espresso Bar (Centenary Building, Sandy Bay campus)!☕️

Jen is a Registered Nurse with a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a Juris Doctor of law. Jen has 20 years professional experience in clinical care and public health governance. She commenced her PhD in 2019 and is researching the role of public ‎health law in promoting adaptation ‎to the impacts of climate change on human health. 🪴

We hope to see you there! 🦭