Professional Development

International Bar Association webinar:

Burning Down the House: The Role of Lawyer Regulators in Addressing Climate Change for Domestic and International Legal Services

Description: The importance of climate change, and the impact of the legal profession on its proliferation, is becoming a topic of conversation inside and outside the profession. This session will educate and engage IBA members about this critical subject and the changes to the regulation of the profession and to practice that it is starting to drive. As lawyers, we have traditionally taken our clients as we find them, including their political, economic, social or moral views or activities. Our representation is not an endorsement of the client. But the lines have started to blur, particularly in relation to climate change. More and more, especially given the global practice landscape, lawyers are considered to be enablers of climate change through their representation of polluters, even though lawyer and law firm carbon footprints remain de minimis. Is the professional principle, that a lawyer should not be identified with the client’s interests, dead and, if so, what should replace it? This session will explore this evolution and address whether there is a role for lawyer regulators.

When: Online, recorded program

Details and Registration: https://www.ibanet.org/conference-details/conf1208