Climate change
City law predictions for 2023: NQ pay hits £200k, a climate change TC and goodbye Watson Glaser
City Insider peers into their crystal ball 🔮
Keele Uni launches ‘UKs first’ climate crisis LLB
New offering explores companies and governments obligations as well as the legal mechanisms holding them to account
Top City firms must do more to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Don’t prioritise profits over the planet, 150 leading lawyers warn in open letter
Burges Salmon targets 50% emissions cut by 2030
Latest firm to set green goals 🌳
#DoneWithDunn: Eco-law students launch boycott of US law firm Gibson Dunn for ‘shielding corporate polluters’
Open letter expresses concern at outfit’s ‘record of furthering climate change’
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The role energy lawyers play in the push towards a greener planet
Paul Dight, Addleshaw Goddard energy and utilities partner, discusses his work at the firm and why it’s great to be at the forefront of change
Simmons pledges £100k in free legal support to start-ups tackling climate change
International law firm says collaboration is key to addressing crisis
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How I became a green energy lawyer
CMS’ Kirsty Nurse reflects on her career journey as representing environmental interests becomes increasingly appealing to law students
Global law firms unite to support net zero transition
Net Zero Lawyers Alliance’s 22 founding members include Clifford Chance, Slaughters and HSF
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The mega trends aspiring lawyers need to know about
Osborne Clarke lawyers discuss how digitalisation, decarbonisation and urban dynamics are spearheading the shift towards sustainable business
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Meet the magic circle lawyers helping businesses achieve their environmental, social and governance goals
Linklaters lawyers discuss the hot practice area of ESG
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What it means to be an environment and climate change lawyer
Linklaters partner Rachel Barrett shares her career journey and discusses what her work entails
Extinction Rebellion lawyers perform ‘theatrical and arrestable’ protest outside Law Society office
Follows demonstrations earlier this week
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Branching out: Could we give legal rights to trees?
The notion that a natural object could be a rights holder is not as bizarre as it first seems, writes Oxford Brookes law grad Paul Wyard
CMS launches app to track lawyers’ carbon footprints
Global firm will plant a tree for every user ??
Extinction Rebellion: what went down at the protest outside Slaughter and May
Banners, banging drums and hazmat suits
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The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s
Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future
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Climate change and the law podcast: Clyde & Co lawyers share their views on fast-growing new area of practice
Ahead of the firm’s vacation scheme application deadline on Sunday, solicitors provide key commercial awareness insights
Extinction Rebellion lawyers descend on legal London
Environmental group’s legally-minded supporters brought along a real life Lady Justice
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Climate change: a City lawyer’s perspective
Senior associate Wynne Lawrence explains how Clyde & Co is helping its clients prepare for a greener future