The Commons Cell, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, organised a one-day workshop on ‘Experiments in Writing: Environment and Climate Law’ on December 20, 2025. This workshop was designed and delivered by Dr. Arpitha Kodiveri, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vassar College.

About the Workshop

This one-day intensive workshop invited participants to explore new modes of writing in climate and environment law, moving beyond traditional legal forms to experiment with narrative, reflective, interdisciplinary, and speculative approaches. Designed for students pursuing law, social sciences, and public policy, the workshop blended creative experimentation with rigour, encouraging participants to produce writing that is analytically grounded while also being affective and publicly accessible. Across the workshop, participants tested alternative structures, voices, and genres that can help reshape how legal scholars and students communicate environmental urgency and imagine climate-just futures.

About Dr. Arpitha Kodiveri

Dr. Arpitha Kodiveri is an environmental law and justice scholar and an assistant professor of political science at Vassar College. Her work focuses on the role of law in the context of redressing climate harms faced by indigenous communities in South Asia. Her previous research examines land conflicts and legal mobilization by forest-dwelling communities in India. She has worked as an environmental lawyer supporting Adivasi and forest-dwelling communities in India.

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