Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) – The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) is a community of legal leaders who are using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet, and to accelerate the just transition.

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Be part of our journey to create a culture in which impact lawyers actively support, share and collaborate with each other to multiply the impact of our community.

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About Us

The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) is a community of legal leaders who are using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet, and to accelerate the just transition. We believe lawyers are uniquely positioned to facilitate change and support the movement towards a more equitable system.

The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers is unique in our operation. We are leveraging the expertise of lawyers to accelerate the shift of corporate models and capital to make sure business is truly a sustainable force for good, while drawing learning from across the spectrum of impact disciplines.

Thought Leadership

Impact lawyers are redefining law and legal practice by designing new corporate and financing structures, drafting new legislation and bringing seminal cases.

Connect

The Global Alliance for Impact Lawyers community connects through events and our Member Platform. Members are critical to our mission of growing the next generation of impact lawyers.

Knowledge Sharing

Tap into the knowledge of lawyers working in all areas of the impact economy during Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers events and convenings.

“All human beings are
born entrepreneurs. Some
get a chance to unleash
that capacity.”
—Professor Muhammad Yunus,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

IMAGE SOURCE: Martin Kraft, Muhammad Yunus in Wiesbaden CC BY-SA 3.0

UPCOMING EVENTS
Member Only
Members’ Gatherings in Africa – February

Tuesday, 24 February, 2026

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (GMT+02:00)

In-person: Cape Town and Accra

Meet fellow members at three in-person gatherings across the African continent this February.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Open Access Event
Shaping a New Corporate Governance

Thursday, 26 February, 2026

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm (GMT+01:00)

This in-person event in Turin, Italy covers building participatory business models and decision-making processes that onboard nature and society.
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RECENT INSIGHTS

Article

A New Legal Ethic for a Fractured World

February 16, 2026

Dr. Alexandra von Westernhagen

This article sets out why, in the midst of climate crisis, digital disruption, and rising inequality, lawyers must embrace a renewed global legal ethic—grounded in human dignity, accountability, and the rule of law—to collaboratively shape a just and sustainable future.
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Climate and Environment, Legislation and Regulation, Systems Change
Article, Event, GAIL Special Project

JusticeTech & AI for Law Students

February 5, 2026

Laura Márquez Martínez

GAIL pioneers JusticeTech and AI for law students in Mexico, with teams from four law schools building new ways for artificial intelligence to serve justice
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AI, Legal Education, Systems Change
Event

Members’ Gatherings in Africa – February

January 29, 2026

Meet fellow members at three in-person gatherings across the African continent this February.
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Business for Good, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, In House Lawyers

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MEMBERS

Our members are committed to the promotion of impact law or want to help catalyse emerging, alternative economic paradigms which prioritise people and planet alongside profit. Browse our list of members below.

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Founding Members

The inaugural members of our community are leaders in their field who are committed to using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet.