Counselors to Defend Your Environment
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm that brings decision-making and conflict resolution tools to people in place. Here’s how we do that:
FOSTER EQUAL ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
By promoting the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies; and providing legal representation to allow equal access to the environmental decision-making process and to foster equal protection under the law for the health, preservation and restoration of natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the environment;
PROVIDE EDUCATION IN LEGAL SERVICE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
By educating young attorneys in legal services entrepreneurship and incubating start-up legal services organizations to serve the environmental legal needs of underserved low- and middle-income clients;
SUPPORT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
By empowering communities and stimulating economies in the Appalachian Basin region by providing environmental legal services and counseling to allow the underserved to make decisions about practical and innovative solutions to complex environmental challenges across the region.
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We give a voice to those who feel voiceless
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We helped stop radioactive waste from ending up in rural streams.
A rustbelt community fights back against a major polluter putting them at risk.
