Jobs

International Program Law Clerk Externships

Office: International

Location: Oakland, CA

Department: Legal

Job Type: Intern, Clerk, and Volunteer

Overview:
Earthjustice's International Program uses the power of the law to protect the environment and human health worldwide. We represent public interest and community groups in international tribunals and domestic courts to hold corporations and governments responsible for environmental harm, prevent trade rules from undermining public health and environmental protections, and create strong tools for citizens to defend the right to a healthy environment.

Responsibilities:
International Program externs perform a wide range of activities, including extensive research and writing on a variety of issues including trade and environment, human rights and environment, and/or international environmental law. Externs will become familiar with legal practice before one or more domestic and/or international tribunals.

In general, the student becomes a participant in the process of researching, preparing, investigating and generally supporting our cases and projects. Virtually all externs undertake legal research, write memoranda, and help evaluate factual issues. We rely heavily on externs for these tasks, placing a premium on careful, accurate, and self-directed work. Each student is responsible for monitoring her/his own workload, and each staff attorney is responsible for supervising the work done on her/his cases and providing feedback to students.

Qualifications:
We usually have two to three externs per semester who work either full-time or part-time in the office. We encourage interviews, and will conduct telephone interviews when in-person interviews are inconvenient or cost-prohibitive.

Earthjustice offers equal opportunity without regard to age, gender, race, ethnic background, disability, or sexual orientation. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who will add to the diversity of Earthjustice.

We have a casual office environment and are located in an historic building 1/2 block from public transportation (19th Street BART station).