UTAS Student Environment and Animal Law Society - SEALS

09/04/2025

🤯 Come learn important information about the DAP as well as lifelong submission writing skills with Anja Hilkemeijer. 📝

The DAP introduces new ways to: 😵‍💫
😱 Ignore input on development proposals in areas of environmental significance.
😡 Exclude communities and councils from planning processes.
🤡 Remove the right to appeal outcomes.

… In addition to all sorts of other trickery which is certain to harm Tasmania’s environment. 🏕️

So come along! 🚨

🤔When? 10:00AM, 14 April 2025. 🔜
🗺️ Where? The Moot Court at the Sandy Bay Campus Law Building. 🧑‍⚖️👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️

07/04/2025

🌱 SEALS welcomes Lucian Beattie as Treasurer for the Society. 💃

Please also stay tuned for upcoming events, to be announced shortly! 🤩

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🪴President Georgie McDermott
🪴Vice President and Secretary Patrick Pickering
🪴Treasurer Lucian Beattie
🪴Social Media Officer Keegan Moore
🪴Events Officer Anushka Siva Balan

11/03/2025

SEALS is recruiting for a Treasurer for 2025. You can nominate yourself for the position and read further details about the role at the following URL:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQIgdZRWPcphGWMBJyKRSqYl18Yak3GYB6OTbXBoEKvezTeQ/viewform

The primary function of the Treasurer is to oversee the financial management of the society. Voting will occur at the SEALS SGM on Wednesday the 19th of March. Nominations close at midnight on Tuesday the 18th of March. People interested in SEALS are highly encouraged to nominate themselves. 🎉

We would like to thank outgoing Treasurer Imran Khan for his contributions to the society and wish him the best in his endeavours. 🫂

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 🦭