The Organization

Who We Are

Fair Shake incorporated in April 2013 as the nation’s first 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental law firm incubator with the mission to open the doors of environmental justice. We provide client-centered legal representation regardless of income to level the playing field for people of modest means, or no means at all.

Our non-profit law firm offers a full range of services such as legal counsel, litigation, nonprofit consulting and community planning and outreach to all no matter who you are or where you’re from.

our mission is to

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.