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Strategic Legal Counsel · Environment & Human Rights
Scottish Law Firm · International Reach
For a Living Planet. EST. 2012.
Law for a world in transition
Strategic legal counsel for systemic transition — we help boards, governments, investors, institutions, and civil society navigate complexity, strengthen foresight and resilience, and shape enduring outcomes — For People, For Planet, For Prosperity.
Member @LawScot · Environmental Law Expert @UNHwN (Earth Jurisprudence) · Member @IUCNWCEL
CAREER & OPPORTUNITIES
For People, For Planet, For Justice.
We support lawyers committed to building and upholding the Environmental Rule of Law — in a disciplined, public-interest practice where serious talent is given room to do serious work.
WHY LIVING LAW®
The Environmental Rule of Law needs lawyers to build it.
Law alone cannot deliver the systemic environmental transition. Without it, the transition will not hold.
Law alone cannot deliver the shifts needed to align human activity with Earth-system science. But it is a mistake to imagine those shifts can hold without the Environmental Rule of Law — and that becomes clearer as the consequences of inaction on the triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity and pollution) move beyond credible dismissal and the effects are felt across societies.
Living Law® was founded in 2012 to do that work.
We are building a public-interest practice where dedicated talent is given real responsibility — within a culture that is non-hierarchical in spirit but disciplined in execution, and where rigorous, original legal thinking is expected and supported.
The Work
Serious, public-interest law.
Environmental and human rights mandates at the frontier of where law, science and governance meet — not peripheral work, but the substance of specialist practice.
The Culture
Non-hierarchical. Disciplined.
Room to contribute, grow and be heard, held to the standard a regulated practice requires. Responsibility is given, supported, and expected to be met.
The Purpose
Aligned, not incidental.
For those who want their legal career to serve the Environmental Rule of Law directly — for people, for planet, for prosperity.
Equal Opportunities
A profession that reflects the society it serves. Essential to the legitimacy of law itself.
Living Law® is an Equal Opportunities organisation and takes its obligations under the Equality Act seriously.
A vibrant, diverse legal profession that more closely reflects the societies it serves is not a courtesy — it is essential to the legitimacy of law. We particularly welcome interest from under-represented groups and first-generation lawyers committed to public-interest environmental practice.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Open roles.
We are always glad to hear from talented lawyers who share our commitment to the Environmental Rule of Law, whether or not a role is currently advertised.
Introduce yourself at jobs@livinglaw.co.uk.
EARLIER IN YOUR JOURNEY?
Living Law® Futures
If you are a student or aspiring environmental lawyer seeking experience, mentorship and a route into the field, our Futures programme is built for you — and the people who have come through it tell that story best.
A vibrant, diverse profession is essential to the legitimacy of law.
FOR PEOPLE · FOR PLANET · FOR JUSTICE