The session addresses specific actions that all components of the legal profession can take towards the attainment of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1: the eradication of poverty. The session shows how certain employment practices affect society, often influencing the extent of poverty in the region where they operate. The session specifically addresses how lawyers can support and promote employment practices that mitigate or eliminate poverty. Furthermore, the session asserts that change-orientated employment policies and practices are ethical imperatives for lawyers and the legal profession. Presenters and discussants will offer specific examples of how lawyers can advise clients to protect, respect and avoid human rights transgressions. The session demonstrates that lawyers can do well and do good. Each topic provides the basis for a chapter in the Committee’s new book on the practical ways the legal profession can mitigate poverty and build capability. Topics under consideration include: • wages and benefits; • poor workers and decent treatment; • decent work; • liabilities; and • working with diverse groups, including minorities, to achieve fairness and equity.