Would you like to be involved with the Environmental Law Foundation – a small but dynamic national UK charity that seeks to redress the imbalance of resources available to local communities seeking to protect their local environment from harm.
Are you an experienced environmental law professional with a desire to assist communities that wouldn’t otherwise be able to seek legal help and assistance.
If the answer is yes, then see below.
1. Overall objective
· Assisting local UK communities seeking access to environmental justice in a voluntary capacity (pro bono)
2. Potential opportunities
· Providing pro bono advice to grassroots communities with local environmental public interest concerns
· Involvement with ELF’s network of university-based legal clinics
· Presenting at ELF community outreach events
· Supporting ELF’s policy work on environmental justice for all
3. Qualifications
· Solicitor or trainee solicitor
· Barrister or pupil barrister
· Environmental consultant
4. Areas of experience
· Planning and land use
· Biodiversity/Nature conservation
· Water quality/pollution
· Air quality/pollution
· Noise pollution
· Administrative/Public law
· Town and Village Greens
· Waste
· Statutory and private nuisance
· Rights of nature