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HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS
SUSTAINABILITY
GIVINGFREEADVICE
We recognise that we all have a part to play in ensuring that we balance our growth as a business with doing what we can to reduce our impact on the environment. We acknowledge our responsibility to ensure that our interactions with the environment are carefully managed, and that we minimise andmitigate any negative impacts from our activities. We seek to achieve this through a programme of continuous improvement, setting ourselves achievable objectives and targets. We are pleased to play an active role inmany business networks that are seeking to address the challenges of climate change and sustainable development. We are a founding member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA), an inclusive movement of law firms and organisations committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices.
We founded theWhitechapel Legal Advice Clinic in 2000. The goal is to provide high quality legal advice to residents of Tower Hamlets who can’t afford access to legal advice. It’s fast-paced and varied work, with each week bringing around six newmatters to tackle. That might mean drafting particulars of claim letters to employers, negotiating settlement agreements and acting as advocates in court. Whatever cases we take on, we see them through – and we’re the only City firm that does end-to-end pro bono case work in this way. For junior lawyers and trainees it’s a great way to learn and have the autonomy to run their own cases, with the support and guidance of more experiencedmembers of the team.
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