Just Transition Lawyering Institute

"Exemplars for the most impactful victories in environmental justice have combined the vision and organizing might of communities, with the legal strategies wielded in collaboration with lawyers who hold a just transition orientation. Whether it’s the David and Goliath dynamic between a small community in Arizona defeating a permit request being demanded by a wealthy gas company, or it’s a community achieving significant concessions in a community benefits agreement with a big corporation in Georgia, communities win when they are able to lead while harnessing the power of the law in partnership with legal mavens. The Just Transition Lawyering institute is a vehicle for equipping lawyers to be able to work in right relationship with communities to advance the dismantling of the extractive economy and the establishment of a universal regenerative economy.”

- Jacqueline Patterson
Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project

“At this moment in human history, we are all being called upon to transition from what is destroying our communities and our planet to what we have always known as the path to our collective survival, healing, and thriving. Lawyers, as guardians and stewards of our systems of self-governance, must be ready, willing, and able to work hand-in-hand with frontline communities to re-imagine and remake our society. The Just Transition Lawyering Institute hopes to prepare lawyers to take up this urgent call to action.”

- Dorcas R. Gilmore, Esq.
Principal, Gilmore Khandhar, LLC

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