Certificate of Advanced Studies in Climate Change Law and Litigation
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The climate crisis is a global threat requiring an urgent and comprehensive reaction and an innovative approach to legal principles, regulatory frameworks and dispute resolution strategies.
Our programme prepares lawyers for the growing challenges arising from the effects of the climate crisis. It aims at developing legal knowledge and high-level advocacy skills, both from a comparative and cross-industry perspective. All courses are taught in English and are mostly scheduled on Thursdays and Fridays across the spring and autumn term. Some of the courses are offered in cooperation with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law which has a well-known expertise in the areas of climate change law and litigation. Courses are in part offered remotely, which facilitates attendance for those who are not located in Lausanne.
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Candidates are required to earn 10 ECTS credits. Course credit can be obtained over 10 days: six (6) days of mandatory courses (module 1) and four (4) days of optional courses (module 2). Registered students are also welcome to participate in additional optional courses, though this does not affect the overall number of CAS credits. During a final one-day session, registered students are evaluated based on a discussion of a (real or fictitious) case in a short paper and in-class presentation. Find more information about the study plan.
Entry requirements
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Candidates eligible for admission to the CAS must:
a) hold a Bachelor of Law (BLaw), a Master of Law (MLaw) or another equivalent degree from a Swiss or foreign university, or
b) hold a Bachelor, a Master or another equivalent degree from a Swiss or foreign university, and demonstrate additional training in area relevant to the programme (law or resolution of international disputes), or
c) hold another title considered as equivalent by the Direction Committee.
Proficiency in English is also required.
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All courses are taught in English and are generally scheduled on Thursdays and Fridays. Some of the courses are fully or partially offered remotely.
All courses are also part of the study plan of the LL.M. in International Business Law at the University of Lausanne (60 ECTS). You will find there a more detailed description of the courses.
If the holder of a CAS Climate subsequently registers for the LL.M. Programme (which is subject to the LL.M. admissions requirements), the 10 ECTS of the CAS can be credited toward the LL.M. degree; in this case, however, the LL.M. degree certificate replaces the CAS, which must be returned to the Formation Continue UNIL-EPFL.
