Closing Date: 26th April, 2024
Description:
Earthjustice's Rocky Mountain Office is accepting applications for one full- or part-time legal extern for fall 2024. We are seeking rising 3Ls who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment, and who are eligible to receive academic credit or fulfill a graduation requirement through this externship. The successful candidate may work remotely or on a hybrid schedule from one of Earthjustice's offices.Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We partner with thousands of groups, supporters, individuals, and communities to engage in the critical environmental issues of our time and bring about positive change. We are guided by a passionate, ambitious vision for the future for people and our planet: until justice stands for all, we will never rest. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
Rocky Mountain Office's work focuses on Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and its cases primarily involve (1) protecting public lands and wildlife from fracking, mining, and other threats; (2) quickly shifting Colorado and nearby states from dirty to clean energy; and (3) protecting urban and rural communities that are disproportionately impacted by pollution and other environmental harms.
Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of an attorney, the legal extern will:
- Work with Earthjustice attorneys and professional staff to build cases and support policies that serve a diverse set of clients.
- Participate in tasks involved in administrative advocacy and complex litigation, such as factual investigation, legal research, memo writing, and briefing.
- Interact with external partners, co-counsel, and clients to develop a clear understanding of the facts involved in each case and to support our litigation goals.
Qualifications:
- Enrolled in law school as a 3L during fall 2024.
- Must be eligible to receive academic credit or fulfill a graduation requirement through this externship.
- Demonstrated commitment to environmental protection or environmental justice.
- Excellent research, analytic and writing skills.
- Strong work ethic.
- Initiative, creative thinking and the ability to work collegially with others.
- Significant knowledge of environmental and administrative law is a plus.
- Full-time externs must commit 37.5 hours/week and part-time externs must commit at least 15 hours per week.
Compensation:
Legal externs are unpaid and must receive academic credit or fulfill a graduation requirement for their work with Earthjustice.