Jobs

Intern, Summer 2009 , Northeast Office

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 full-time legal interns for the summer of 2009. Students who have completed at least two years of law school are preferred.

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 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 needs of the case and the experience of the intern, 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. Interns are included in staff meetings and are invited to attend informal topical discussions and social events.  Stipend may be available if student doesn't receive other funding.

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.