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As a globally recognised expert, Susan specialises in international environmental law, public law, energy law, and human rights. She actively contributes to shaping legal frameworks in these fields and has worked with governments, international organisations, and civil society to advance rights-based legal solutions.

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She is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, a Legal Expert (Earth Jurisprudence) with the UN Harmony with Nature initiative, and an Observer to the UN Minamata Convention on Mercury. Her thought leadership focuses on advancing Earth Law and jurisprudential shifts necessary to address the triple ecological crisis facing the planet.

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"Access to high-quality legal advice should be available to all members of society as a basic right. As a first-generation lawyer, I strive to break down cultural barriers to accessing the law and to build a broader understanding of the added value that a critical legal perspective can bring to policy and other campaigning debates."

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"The challenges humanity faces in the Anthropocene are unprecedented, and there is now a growing understanding at an international level that environmental rights and human rights are two sides of the same coin. Key environmental challenges, such as water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and climate change, are already having profound impacts across all sectors of our economies and societies that cannot be ignored any longer. But they also create real opportunities for those who wish to make positive changes."

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"I believe that the Environmental Rule of Law and Environmental Democracy are central to our ability to bend the curve to societies within Planetary Boundaries. It is a privilege to work in a field that I believe in – and to come into contact with dedicated campaigners and others who strive to develop solutions in the wider public interest."

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"Establishing Living Law has given me the freedom to develop innovative and specialist approaches to the delivery of Legal Services – for a living planet and present and future generations. I enjoy bringing my international academic training and experience of working with global actors, as well as a multi-level governance perspective, to analyse issues. Very often, these considerations illustrate the rights-based optics involved in policy and administrative decision-making today."

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Susan’s legal work intersects with some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, including climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and ecological governance. She sees these not just as crises, but as opportunities to unlock stronger legal frameworks that protect human and environmental rights for present and future generations – For People, For Planet.

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Through Living Law, she has pioneered specialist and innovative approaches to legal services, drawing on her international academic training and experience working across multi-level governance systems. She regularly collaborates with global experts, policymakers, and campaigners to develop forward-thinking legal strategies that orientate to the wider public interest, while keeping a hands on approach at the grass-roots level to deliver real and lasting change.​

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