Thanks for sharing. I've no hope for the future. We're simply too far gone to ameliorate or negate decades worth of extraction, burning and consumption. You say: "We may need to embrace some of the activist spirit within us to initiate the changes we need, but we can do it within the profession if we come together." I don't see the legal profession doing anything more than continuing the same pattern of behaviour that they've done for my entire working life (40 years). There will be a few outliers but the majority will be scared to death of stepping outside their retainer in case they're sued. I agree that the legal profession could be a force for good but I suspect it will spend more time defending its clients from the onslaught of climate change than it will influencing them about their (sometimes) egregious, earth-wrecking behaviour. Take care, Julian
Thanks for sharing. I've no hope for the future. We're simply too far gone to ameliorate or negate decades worth of extraction, burning and consumption. You say: "We may need to embrace some of the activist spirit within us to initiate the changes we need, but we can do it within the profession if we come together." I don't see the legal profession doing anything more than continuing the same pattern of behaviour that they've done for my entire working life (40 years). There will be a few outliers but the majority will be scared to death of stepping outside their retainer in case they're sued. I agree that the legal profession could be a force for good but I suspect it will spend more time defending its clients from the onslaught of climate change than it will influencing them about their (sometimes) egregious, earth-wrecking behaviour. Take care, Julian