Lawyers, bar associations and legal alliances understanding climate risks and advancing climate competent lawyering
2-3 Gray's Inn Square, London WC1R 5JH
About this Event
Join leaders from bar associations and legal alliances across the globe to explore:
1. how climate change is impacting legal practice and lawyers’ professional responsibilities;
2. how bar associations and legal alliances are supporting lawyers to build climate resilient practices, and
3. what more is needed for lawyers to become true champions of sustainability.
Confirmed speakers include:
– Steven Richman, Chair, IBA Bar Issues Commission
– Estelle Dehon KC, Co-Chair, Bar Council of England & Wales Climate Crisis Working Group
– Nina Pindham, Chair Elect, United Kingdom Environmental Law Association
– Lara Douvartzidis, Senior Legal Executive, Net Zero Lawyers Alliance
– Alasdair Cameron, Climate change, planning and environmental law policy adviser, Law Society of England and Wales
This event is convened by the International Bar Association (IBA) Bar Issues Commission, the Bar Council of England and Wales, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Brazilian Bar Association, and the American Bar Association, with support from the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance & United Kingdom Environmental Law Association.
The convening organisations thank Cornerstone Barristers for generously hosting this event.
Attendance is available in-person and online, and will be followed by a networking session. Register on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lawyers-bar-associations-legal-alliances-at-london-climate-action-week-tickets-1357144889899?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Contact Emily Morison (Project Lawyer, IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit) at emily.morison@int-bar.org for more information.
International Bar Association Bar Issues Commission
The International Bar Association is the foremost organisation for international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The International Bar Association Bar Issues Commission supports the interests of the IBA’s member organisations which consist of bar associations, law societies and similar bodies from around the world.
Learn more about the International Bar Association's climate change work at: https://www.ibanet.org/LPRU/Climate-Crisis
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