We help the voices of ordinary people

To be heard and respected
It's about access to environmental justice

Not whether we agree with you
It's about better decisions for all

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Advice & Referral service

A network of solicitors, barristers and technical experts, all giving their time to help communities and individuals facing environmental threats.

ELF university law clinics

ELF works with a growing number of university law schools to provide environmental law clinics and encourage budding environmental lawyers.

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We help the voice of ordinary people and communities to be heard on matters affecting the environment in which they live.

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University network

Environmental Law Foundation work with a number of university law schools to run supervised clinics with help from ELF advisers.

University of Birmingham

Cardiff University

The University of Law London

Nottingham Trent University

University of Exeter

“... we would have failed if it wasn’t for ELF... There is very little help out there for environmental causes... ELF was the only charity we could find that supported smaller groups”

Mrs Irena Litton,
Clerk Leonard Stanley Parish Council Member, Mankley Field Action Group