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UK law firms declare ambitious net zero commitments
Competition announced for law firm employees to win chance to build sustainability skills with top training course

Lights, camera, carbon: The legal state of celebrity carbon footprints
KCL law student Ana Palade explores how celebrities can be held more accountable for their carbon-intensive activities

How to build a career as a property lawyer
Bates Wells’ partner Karli Hiscock looks at the opportunities and challenges facing the real estate sector

Legal charity offers free ‘climate clauses’
Greener commercial agreements

Top firms sign climate crisis charter
Ahead of the start of London Climate Action Week

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Simmons & Simmons to cut business travel as part of green push
International outfit sets emissions reduction targets

Osborne Clarke unveils 2040 net-zero target
Green goal backed by science

The latest law firm must-have — sustainable office space
Living walls, solar panels, bug hotels and more

Free law firm merch is losing its appeal among students, report finds
One in two say it makes them less likely to apply

Greenwashing: the latest fashion sweeping the globe?
ULaw graduate and paralegal Charlotte Cheshire investigates fast fashion brands' 'green' claims

How ESG is shaking things up at law firms
Hill Dickinson partners explain how the heightened focus on environmental, social and governance is changing their work

Shoosmiths imposes £200 ‘levy’ on lawyers choosing to travel by plane
Money goes to designated carbon fund

My life as a green finance lawyer
Hogan Lovells' Andrew Carey maps out his career, ahead of tomorrow's virtual student event

Meet the sustainability manager helping one global law firm go green
Bird & Bird’s Lauren Nethercleft on her newly created role of sustainability manager and the firm’s drive to meet their net zero ambitions

Lawyers’ role in the race to net zero
Burges Salmon Director Ellen Williams on helping clients become greener and the satisfaction of seeing construction plans become reality

TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'

Sustainability and what it means to law firms
Legal Cheek Careers sits down with Mills & Reeve sustainability manager Jessica Wilkes-Ball to discuss the rise of ESG up the corporate agenda

How law firms are helping their clients to reach Net Zero — with Burges Salmon
Thursday 6 October, 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

Highlights from The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2022 Virtual Vacation Scheme
Top lawyers and industry experts gave valuable, up-to-the-minute advice on a range of commercial law topics

Irwin Mitchell looks to power all offices using renewable energy within three years
National outfit latest to set green goals