Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL)

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Be part of our journey to create a culture in which impact lawyers actively support, share and collaborate with each other to multiply the impact of our community.

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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

Race to Zero: Professional Service Providers and engaging with Serviced Emissions

September 6, 2024

David Hunter

Webinar and discussion to explore what the guidance means for the legal profession hosted by the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5. Panel speakers include members of the UN Race to Zero Climate Champions David Hunter (Senior Counsel Bates Wells, and member of the Race to Zero working group) and Rob Clarke (lawyer Client Earth and…
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Climate and Environment
Article

Check Your Integrity: to act or not to act, and the Solicitors’ Principles

September 5, 2024

The Uncertain Solicitor

This article explores whether solicitors are professionally obligated to work for clients even if they believe their advice will contribute to significant harm, such as environmental damage.
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Climate and Environment, ESG
Report

THE KENSINGTON CORRIDOR TRUST

September 5, 2024

Drexel University: Nowak Metro Finance Lab

This report delves into the revitalisation of low-income neighborhood commercial corridors that are increasingly attracting investment, as wealthier residents move in.
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Impact Finance, Systems Change

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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.