Environmental Job Opportunities

Earthjustice Internship in Denver

The Rocky Mountain office of Earthjustice is looking for law students with strong academic backgrounds and a desire to protect the environment and wildlife to work with us as summer law clerks.  Students will work on cases involving: Defense of Public Lands, Responsible Energy, Ecosystem Protection.

Law clerks work with our eight attorneys, conducting research, writing legal memoranda, drafting pleadings, and participating in conference calls and meetings.  We encourage applications from people who will contribute to the diversity of our staff.  No calls, please.  Hiring for 2012 summer positions will begin this fall.  We will begin interviewing second and third year students on a rolling basis. 

To apply, please respond by U.S. mail or email to eajusco@earthjustice.org, with a cover letter, resume, recent writing sample (under ten pages), transcript, and a list of three references to the attention of Hiring Coordinator, 1400 Glenarm Place, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202-5050. 

Research Internship Opportunity with Coal River Mountain Watch

Coal River Mountain Watch is looking for a motivated, independent research student (graduate or upper-level undergraduate) with a background in geography, land use planning, law, or related fields and an interest in land reform to do the background research necessary to launch this campaign.  The goal of this research would be to come up with a realistic policy strategy for land reform in the southern West Virginia coalfields through which community members or community-based organizations may eventually be able to gain ownership of the land.  This would include investigating potential tax reforms and researching land reform policies pursued by other states (such as Community Forestry Bonds in the Pacific northwest).  There is some flexibility to tailor this research opportunity for your academic requirements.  This position is unfunded but we can work with students to secure funding through their schools.  We hope to fill this position for Fall 2011 but will consider applications for Spring 2012.

Requirements:
• Background in geography, land use planning, law, or related fields
• Ability to spend fall or spring semester in southern West Virginia

Contact: Cathy Kunkel, cathy@crmw.net, 304-854-2182, to receive application.

1L Opportunties at the NRDC

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is now accepting applications from 1L students for our Summer Legal Internship program and we encourage all students with an interest in environmental law to apply!  Please forward the attached flyer to any students who may be interested.  Each NRDC office with internship availabilities is accepting applications via our online system at www.nrdc.org/jobs.  Students should include a cover letter indicating each NRDC office to which they are applying, a current resume, writing sample, transcript, and a list of three references.