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Fall and Spring Interns Northeast

Office: Northeast

Location: New York, NY

Department: Legal

Job Type: Intern, Clerk, and Volunteer

Earthjustice's Northeast regional office (in New York City) is hiring part-time legal interns for the fall semester 2009 and spring semester 2010.  These are volunteer positions.

Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities.  The organization operates out of nine regional offices.  The Northeast regional office, which just opened officially in January 2008, focuses principally on issues of global warming and environmental health in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. 

Legal interns work under the direct supervision of staff attorneys in the development and prosecution of environmental litigation and other advocacy.  In general, the student becomes a participant in the process of researching, preparing, investigating and prosecuting environmental lawsuits. Virtually all interns undertake legal research, write memoranda, and help evaluate factual issues.  Depending on the case and the student, attendance at client meetings, court appearances, meetings with public agency representatives, and drafting of pleadings, briefs, and discovery documents may be part of the internship experience.  The internship program also may include attendance at informal seminars or topical discussions.

Qualifications:  Applicants must have excellent research, analysis, and writing skills; initiative, commitment, attention to detail, and an ability to meet deadlines are essential. A strong interest in environmental issues is a plus. 

Application Procedure:  Offers are made on a rolling basis, so applications should be submitted as soon as possible.  Please send a cover letter, resume, legal writing sample, and names and contact information of three references (including at least one law professor or legal employer) by e-mail to: eajusny@earthjustice.org  Subject line should read: Legal intern application.

Earthjustice is an equal opportunity employer, which welcomes qualified applicants of all races, ethnicities, physical and mental abilities, genders, and sexual orientations.