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Associate Attorney

Office: Washington, DC

Location: Washington, DC

Department: Legal

Job Type: Full Time

Overview:
Earthjustice is now accepting applications for an associate attorney position in its Washington, D.C. office.  We seek an attorney with one to five years of experience to work on a variety of environmental litigation projects.

Earthjustice’s Washington, D.C., office serves both as a regional office for issues arising in mid-Atlantic states, and as a center for litigation on important national environmental issues. The Washington office’s docket currently includes litigation to protect public health and the environment from air pollution; prompt the regulation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; protect streams, wetlands, drinking water supplies, and other waters from pollution and outright destruction; compel the federal government to improve its management and protection of our ocean resources; and challenge the federal government’s practice of allowing mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachians.  For more information about the office’s work, visit http://www.earthjustice.org/our_work/regions/midatlantic/.

Associates participate in a full range of tasks that include attending client and expert meetings; conducting factual investigation, legal research, and discovery; preparing briefs; advising clients; and engaging in oral advocacy. In addition, associates handle screening of potential new cases.

Qualifications for the position include a demonstrated commitment to environmental protection, excellent research skills, a solid academic record, and a strong work ethic. Significant knowledge of environmental and administrative law will be a definite plus.  We also value initiative, creative thinking, and the ability to work collegially with others. The candidate must be admitted to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction and admitted (or eligible for admission) to the D.C. bar.  Earthjustice offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits plan.