Sustainable Law Collective · NYC

What law firms are prioritizing this year

A candid, peer-focused breakfast conversation for sustainability leaders navigating client reporting pressure, regulatory signals, and real resource constraints.

  • Thursday, March 26
  • 8:30 – 10:00 AM
  • Hole in the Wall, Flatiron NYC
  • Up to 2 attendees per firm

Designed for sustainability leaders and key stakeholders within law firms.

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About the event

A frank conversation about what actually matters right now

We’re kicking off our first in-person Sustainable Law Collective of 2026 with a candid, peer-focused conversation on what sustainability teams at law firms are truly prioritizing this year.

Across the legal sector, firms are navigating increasing client reporting pressure, supply chain expectations, evolving regulatory signals, and internal resource constraints. With limited time and budget, not everything makes the cut — and that’s exactly what we’re here to discuss.

This is a space for sustainability leaders to speak openly, learn from peers, and leave with a clearer sense of where to focus.

Morning agenda

8:30 AM
Doors open — coffee & networking
Arrive, grab a coffee, and connect informally with peers across the legal sustainability space.

9:00 AM
Breakfast & facilitated roundtable
A 60-minute structured conversation under Chatham House Rule. Peer-led, candid, and designed for open sharing among sustainability leaders.

10:00 AM
Close
Wrap up and stay for informal conversation as the room winds down.

Discussion topics

What the conversation will explore

Top 2–3 priorities for 2026

What are sustainability teams actually focusing on this year — and how did those decisions get made?

External vs. internal drivers

What’s being pushed by clients, RFPs, and regulation versus what’s genuinely internally motivated?

What now feels like table stakes

Which sustainability practices and reporting frameworks — carbon accounting, CDP, CSRD — have crossed into baseline expectation?

Where firms are leaning in — and pulling back

The strategic choices teams are making when they can’t do everything. What’s getting the green light, and what’s on pause?

What sustainability teams need most

Resources, tools, executive buy-in, or something else entirely? An honest look at what would move the needle.

Open floor

Room for the conversation to go where it needs to go — because the best insights rarely come from a script.

Date
Thursday, March 26, 2026
8:30 – 10:00 AM

Location
Flatiron district

Format
In-person breakfast roundtable
Under Chatham House Rule

Attendance
Sustainability leaders at law firms
Up to 2 attendees per firm

Chatham House Rule

For open, honest dialogue

This roundtable operates under Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use the information shared, but the identity or affiliation of the speaker — and any other participant — may not be revealed. This format encourages the kind of frank, substantive exchange that’s hard to have in public forums. What’s said in the room stays in the room.

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