Lawyers and law firms now have new.

• Position: Greening Law Firms - Massachusetts Bar Association - Brief article

LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS NOW HAVE NEW tools to help them become better environmental stewards thanks to a new partnership between CLF and the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA). Both groups are working together as part of the MBA's Lawyers Eco-Challenge to encourage lawyers throughout Massachusetts to reduce energy use and resource consumption.

This exciting initiative, launched by MBA President David W. White Jr., asks lawyers to change the way they think and act while conducting business in order to conserve energy and natural resources. More than a dozen lawyers on the MBA's newly formed Energy and Environmental Task Force have created a set of Green Guidelines to provide lawyers and law firms with practical steps and advice for adopting environmentally friendly practices. CLF Staff Attorney and Director of the Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Change Initiative, Sue Reid, serves as co-chair of the task force along with Nancy Reiner of the Boston-based international law firm Brown, Rudnick, Berlack, Israels LLP.

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