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The Law Students for Climate Accountability, a student coalition set up to hold the legal sector accountable for its contribution towards climate change, has urged lawyers to quit firms who don’t make the grade according to its latest scorecard ranking. Its report says hundreds of law students have joined the call for climate accountability and encourages every student to take action to hold the legal industry accountable for exacerbating climate change. If you want to work for a law firm that is committed to impactful change, then Leverets is the place for you. We’ve signed the Greener Litigation pledge, because we believe our industry needs to pay more attention to ways in which litigation can be conducted sustainably. We’re also an official partner of the Environmental Business Network, thereby playing our part in helping businesses adapt to, and benefit from, the need for a different environmental future. #greenerlitigationpledge #LawStudentsforClimateAccountability

The 2024 Scorecard from the Law Students for Climate Accountability has been released. While firms my take issue with the exact methodology and/or its conclusions, the fact that this raises awareness of the impact of legal work on the climate cannot be disputed. According to the LSCA website: “We created the LSCA Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard in order to understand the role the legal industry plays in the climate crisis more broadly. The Scorecard ranks the "Vault 100" law firms according to how much fossil fuels work they have engaged in over a five-year period. It was designed to draw awareness to the indispensable role law firms play in creating, implementing, and safeguarding fossil fuel projects, as well as protecting the people who profit off of them.” Congratulations to the firms who achieved an “A” grade: Akerman LLP, Cooley LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Foley Hoag LLP,Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. What could / should the legal profession be doing to help guide the fossil fuel industry toward a more sustainable (viable) long-term future? https://lnkd.in/gssDXFbv

📣 It’s great to see that Wilson Sonsini has received an “A” grade on the 2023 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard released by Law Students for Climate Accountability ⚖️ 🌱 In its fourth annual report, the Scorecard ranks the Vault 100 law firms based on how much fossil fuels work they have engaged in over a five-year period. 🌎 Among the Vault 100 firms, Wilson Sonsini is one of only five firms to receive an “A” on the Scorecard, and of those firms, Wilson Sonsini had the highest volume of clean energy and climate-related transactional work tracked by the publication. 👨🏻💻 More about the Scorecard and criteria linked in the comments. #renewableenergy #climatechange

It’s crucial to support the clean energy transition, and we’re proud to be one of only seven firms to receive an 'A' from Law Students for Climate Accountability in their 2024 scorecard. Read more about the scorecard in this report by Above the Law.

It’s crucial to support the clean energy transition, and we’re proud to be one of only seven firms to receive an 'A' from Law Students for Climate Accountability in their 2024 scorecard. Read more about the scorecard in this report by Above the Law.

It’s crucial to support the clean energy transition, and we’re proud to be one of only seven firms to receive an 'A' from Law Students for Climate Accountability in their 2024 scorecard. Read more about the scorecard in this report by Above the Law.

We did a thing! 🤓💚🟢🌲🌳 Loved presenting our working paper on compensation funds for climate change related harms at the Tort Law Symposium in Brisbane, hosted by Griffith University Law School. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with these amazing women for some time now, and I could not adore working with them more 💚 Vanessa Johnston Nia Emmanouil, PhD Together with Dr. Kim Watts and Dr Anne Kallies, we’ve combined our research interests in tort law, climate change, energy law, property law and compensation funds to explore the possibility of creating a compensation fund in this field. It was terrific to get our work out there, and receive helpful feedback on our working paper. We can’t wait to get our next article out into the world. In the meantime, check out our publications in this field while we work on our next article. Watch this space! 🤩🔜 Nuisance/Torts/Climate Change in Monash University Law Review: https://lnkd.in/dzi5bERv Negligence/Torts/Climate Change in Climate Law: https://lnkd.in/g9FjY47e 📖📚 ⚖️ 🐌 🤓🌏🌲🌳🌱☀️ #tortlaw #torts #climatetorts #climatechange #climatelaw #climtaechangeandnegligence #climatechangeandnuisance #compensationfunds #climatechangecompensation #climatechangecompensationfunds #brisbane #queensland #conference #academiclife #tortlaw

We are thrilled to share that we have received an “A” grade on the 2023 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard recently released by Law Students for Climate Accountability . In its fourth annual report, the Scorecard ranks the Vault 100 law firms based on how much fossil fuels work they have engaged in over a five-year period. Among the Vault 100 firms, Wilson Sonsini is one of only five firms to receive an “A” on the Scorecard, and of those firms, Wilson Sonsini had the highest volume of clean energy and climate-related transactional work tracked by the publication. Learn more about the Scorecard and criteria at: https://buff.ly/3rWHuzr #climatechange #climateaccountability #WIlsonSonsini #energylaw #cleanenergy #climatechangemitigation #LSCA #sustainability

It’s crucial to support the clean energy transition, and we’re proud to be one of only seven firms to receive an 'A' from Law Students for Climate Accountability in their 2024 scorecard. Read more about the scorecard in this report by Above the Law.