Description:
A Non-Profit Membership Organization is currently looking for a full-time law clerk for Summer 2024 to work in the Center's Energy Justice Program in Washington, DC or Oakland, CA. Remote work is an option for this clerkship.General Overview: The Energy Justice Program works on cutting-edge issues concerning the clean energy transition, including combating utility and other industry obstacles to clean energy, and advancing the transformative energy policies critical for the planet and species. Law clerks work on litigation and policy projects in support of the Program's advocacy efforts. Law clerks assist with the Program's work on litigation, administrative advocacy, and policy development.
Main duties:
- Conduct legal research and writing, including preparing legal memos, assisting with brief writing, preparing filings, investigating new cases, and drafting official policy comments.
- On occasion, opportunities to observe court arguments or attend agency hearings.
Areas in which skills and experience will be gained:
Clerks will gain experience in environmental advocacy, particularly in the energy transition area, drawing on litigation, science, media, and grassroots organizing strategies to fight for the environment.
Qualifications:
- Must be a law student who will be a 3L during fall 2024, or a student pursuing their LLM, to be eligible;
- Strong legal research and writing skills;
- Background or experience in energy, environmental, and/or administrative law preferred.