I enjoy speaking to groups from students to lawyers to the public. I have spoken at numerous events, from large rallies to university seminars and local community groups.
2026
Storytelling as Legal Method workshop: Human Rights Lawyers Association (25 November 2026)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelling-as-legal-method-tickets-2003010646764
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland: Using the law in an era of climate breakdown (4 November 2026)
Using the law in an era of climate breakdown – speaker event and panel discussion
Environmental Justice in an Age of Crisis: Holding Power to Account
The Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law inaugural Annual Lecture, 28 October 2026
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-justice-in-an-age-of-crisis-holding-power-to-account-tickets-2001855833687
Storytelling for Impact, Exeter University Law School, 14 October 2026
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/law-employability/2026/09/13/storytelling-for-impact-an-interactive-student-workshop-14-october-2026/
Public Law Project Annual Conference: Law, Democracy & Civic Space, 13 October 2026
https://publiclawproject.org.uk/events/public-law-project-annual-conference-2026/
Eco Sanfra Festival, Perugia, 25 September 2026
https://ecosanfra.it/event/i-dialoghi-della-terra-con-sarah-finch-vincitrice-del-goldman-environmental-prize-2026/
Leaders Network for Environmental Defenders and Activists: Closing the Gap, 22 June 2026
Panel discussion at London Climate Action Week: a call for recognition, participation, and protection of environmental human rights defenders in climate action
Goldman Environmental Prize, 20 April 2026
My acceptance speech at the Goldman Environmental Prize award ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t7bp6wXG0I&t=4s
edie26, 26 March 2026
Fireside chat with Jonathon Porritt: ‘Advocating for nature and planetary prosperity’
https://event.edie.net/home/edie_agenda
Public Law and the Planet, conference, 3 March 2026
Panel on ‘Effective use of the law by communities and frontline organisations protecting the environment’
https://publiclawproject.org.uk/events/public-law-and-the-planet/
2025
Legal Voices for the Future, Knowledge Session on ‘Climate Activism in the UK’, 9 December 2025
https://www.ticketsource.com/legal-voices-for-the-future/climate-activism-in-the-uk/e-pbbbyb
Recording available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKDnLATzIM
Leigh Day Environmental Law Conference 2025: Planetary pollution in a time of climate crisis 10 June 2025
Closing keynote jointly with Estelle Dehon
https://insights.leighday.co.uk/2025-environment-law-conference-bios
University of Exeter Global Systems Institute, 4 June 2025
Lecture: Fighting fossil fuels in the courts
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/index.php?event=14950
Flight Free UK, 6 March 2025
Panel discussion at the University of Exeter, ‘Travel, flying and the climate crisis’. Recording available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScmwbBxgpA
39 Essex Chambers, 18 February 2025
Panel discussion: ‘Law as a lever for a net zero and nature positive future’
https://www.39essex.com/events/law-lever-net-zero-nature-positive-future
2024
University College London, 26 November 2024
Departmental seminar for Earth Sciences MSc students on Preventing UK oil and gas through complex legal action
Garden Court Chambers, 11 September 2024
Seminar: ‘Hot tips on litigating to cool the planet and freeze the assault on nature: Building impactful strategic litigation from conception to close’
https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/hot-tips-on-litigating-to-cool-the-planet-and-freeze-the-assault-on-nature-building-impactful-strategic-litigation-from-conception-to-close/
Garden Court Chambers, 6 March 2024
International Women’s Day webinar: Women Climate Defenders – Women at the frontline campaigning to protect Mother Earth
https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-international-womens-day-webinar-women-climate-defenders-women-at-the-frontline-campaigning-to-protect-mother-earth/