9/ In 2024, global temps hit 1.62°C above pre-industrial levels.
UNICEF warns 1 in 5 children now live in climate-stressed zones.
Extreme weather is rising.
Lawyers in regulated professions must reckon with this, not just as citizens, but as custodians of
the #RuleofLaw

8/ For those seeking guidance on navigating this critical decision we invite you to explore our
worked scenarios, which demonstrate how this Counsel Opinion applies to everyday client
interactions. #Fossilfree
bit.ly/LAR-scenarios

7/ Lawyers Are Responsible has written to #MagicCircle firms as an act of care - the climate
science is harder to ignore. The risks have been laid bare.
Legal ethics demand serious reflection on the consequences of fossil fuel work.
bit.ly/LAR-letters

6/ Find enclosed a Counsel Opinion: Lawyers have the right to refuse fossil fuel work,
whistleblow, and protest on ethical grounds.
If magic circle firms won’t lead, your staff might soon exercise these rights themselves.
#FutureOfLaw
bit.ly/LAR-objection

5/ The data is damning:
- 71% of #Vault100 firms got a D or F
- 80% of #MagicCircle firms also failed
Change is coming.
It’s not just about lawyers refusing harmful work. Now it’s about holding firms accountable for
taking it on.
After all, it is a choice…

4/ Slaughter and May say:
“Sustainability is a whole business proposition for us.”

Yet they facilitated $153M in fossil fuel transactions in 2024.

Words matter. But so does the work.

#ClimateCrisis

3/ In 2024 alone, London-based firms facilitated $59.84B in fossil fuel deals.

Yet many still market themselves as climate champions.
This is cognitive dissonance—and young lawyers aren’t buying it.

Blowing up your own pipeline
of talent much?

2/ Between 2020–2024, Vault 100 law firms:
- Took $35.8M in fossil fuel lobbying fees
- Facilitated $2 TRILLION in fossil fuel transactions

- Conducted litigation that 88% of the time worsened the climate crisis