Things I’ve Written
Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough, Climate Law: A Sabin Center Blog (Feb. 12, 2024)
Held v. Montana: A Win for Young Climate Advocates and What It Means for Future Litigation, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School (Aug. 8, 2023)
Is Rights-Based Climate Litigation Possible in Australia?, RightNow (Mar. 1, 2023)
What’s Wrong with Good “Scholactivism”?, Verfassungsblog (Aug. 26, 2022)
Indigenous Climate Litigation in Anglophone Settler-Colonial States, Verfassungsblog (Mar. 12, 2022)
Global momentum is building for a right to a safe environment. Why is NZ missing?, The Spinoff (May 10, 2021)
Why New Zealand isn’t a perfect model for US gun reform, CNN (Mar. 26, 2019)
The story behind Israel’s ‘boycott law’, and how two Kiwis got caught up in a much gnarlier fight, The Spinoff (Oct. 14, 2018)
For the Good of the Game?, New Zealand Law Foundation (Podcast Series) – a podcast series examining the case of Finnigan v New Zealand Rugby Football Union, a landmark case at the intersection of sport, politics, and law.
Things I’ve Been Quoted In
Climate Change and Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Justice Matters Podcast (May 1, 2025)
Elizabeth Meager, Progress of New Zealand climate case sets far-reaching precedent, Sustainable Views (Financial Times) (Feb. 28, 2024)
Exploring Te Awa Tupua, Legal Persons, and Rights of Nature, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (Podcast) (Feb. 29, 2024)
The Climate Lawyer: Of Human Rights and Fundamental Rights, The Clifford Chance Podcast (Podcast) (Dec. 30, 2022)
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