Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL)

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About Us

The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) is a community of legal leaders who are using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet, and to accelerate the just transition. We believe lawyers are uniquely positioned to facilitate change and support the movement towards a more equitable system.

The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers is unique in our operation. We are leveraging the expertise of lawyers to accelerate the shift of corporate models and capital to make sure business is truly a sustainable force for good, while drawing learning from across the spectrum of impact disciplines.

Thought Leadership

Impact lawyers are redefining law and legal practice by designing new corporate and financing structures, drafting new legislation and bringing seminal cases.

Connect

The Global Alliance for Impact Lawyers community connects through events and our Member Platform. Members are critical to our mission of growing the next generation of impact lawyers.

Knowledge Sharing

Tap into the knowledge of lawyers working in all areas of the impact economy during Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers events and convenings.

“All human beings are
born entrepreneurs. Some
get a chance to unleash
that capacity.”
—Professor Muhammad Yunus,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

IMAGE SOURCE: Martin Kraft, Muhammad Yunus in Wiesbaden CC BY-SA 3.0

RECENT INSIGHTS

News

LEGAL CHARTER 1.5: Climate Adaptation for Legal Practitioners

January 14, 2025

David Hunter

The article describes a one-day workshop, “Climate Adaptation for Legal Practitioners,” organised by Legal Charter 1.5 and Black Mountains College. It aims to equip legal professionals, particularly those in sectors contributing to climate change, with the knowledge and tools to address climate adaptation and systemic change, leveraging their expertise to promote sustainable and just practices…
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Climate and Environment
Event, Video

Charting Paths: Opportunities and Challenges for Early-Career Impact Lawyers

January 14, 2025

This session focuses on the fact that ‘impact law exists’ as a career path/practice. Lawyers in their early-career share their personal journeys and the different paths they have taken to get to where they are.
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Business for Good, Systems Change
Article

A New Oxford study revealing how economic policies align with climate goals

December 17, 2024

ENS

A new study by Oxford University to see expert insights into the legal and regulatory shifts driving climate action in Africa and beyond.
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Climate and Environment, ESG, Legislation and Regulation

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MEMBERS

Our members are committed to the promotion of impact law or want to help catalyse emerging, alternative economic paradigms which prioritise people and planet alongside profit. Browse our list of members below.

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Founding Members

The inaugural members of our community are leaders in their field who are committed to using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet.