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Deborah L. Curran

B.A. Honours (Trent) 1991, LL.B. (UVic) 1995, LL.M. (California, at Berkeley) 2002.

Deborah Curran is the Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and Sustainability at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. She teaches courses on municipal law and real property transactions, as well as the Environmental Law Clinic – Intensive course. Deborah also facilitates a unique field course in environmental law in the Central Coast at the Hakai Beach Research Institute on Calvert Island. As a Program Director with the Environmental Law Centre at UVic, she supervises students working on environmental law projects for community organizations and First Nations, and administers the ELC Associates Program for lawyers across the province.

Deborah’s areas of research include water law, growth management and land use law, food systems and agricultural land, and the common ownership of property. As a municipal lawyer who focuses on sustainability issues, Deborah is currently writing on green real estate, local governments and the evolution of water law in Canada.

Learn more about Deborah's research on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) or follow her on Twitter (@DeborahLCurran) for real estate, land use and sustainability law news. For local government sustainability information, check out the Green Bylaws Toolkit, the Smart Bylaws Guide website, and the Environmental Law Clinic website.

 

 

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Deborah L. Curran
Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and Sustainability
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2
Canada

Email: Deborah L. Curran
Tel: 250-853-3105
Fax:  250-472-4528

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