Summer 2023 Legal Intern - Now Hiring at Natural Resources Defense Council

Summer 2023 Legal Intern

Job Locations

US-DC-Washington | US-NY-New York | US-IL-Chicago | US-CA-San Francisco | US-CA-Santa Monica | US-Any City

Job ID

2022-4945

# of Openings

26

Group

Litigation [103000]

Overview

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our staff of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and internationally from our offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Santa Monica; San Francisco; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing.

Position Summary:

NRDC is seeking to hire a cohort of Summer Legal Internsto workon casesand projectswithattorneys acrossour Program and Litigation Teams.Intern positions are available at our New York, D.C., Chicago, Santa Monica, and San Francisco offices.

Responsibilities

NRDC's summer legal interns may participate in writing briefs, drafting complaints, preparing legal analyses, obtaining affidavits, investigating violations of environmental andpublichealth laws, developing policy advocacy campaigns,providing public comment,and drafting white papers and comments for submission to Congressional committees and administrative agencies. Our interns play an active role on the frontlines to protect our planet and the communities that depend upon it.

Qualifications

This internship is designed for current law school students. Prior experience in environmentallaw or with environmental issues is not required.In assessing candidates for the summer internship, we look for:

Exceptional legal writing and analyticalskills;
• Strong oral communicationskills;
• Experience effectively working on ateam;
• Creativity andresourcefulness;
• Commitment to public service, equity, orjustice;
• Demonstrated ability to work with people across different social identities andbackgrounds;
• Record of academic and/or professional accomplishment; and
• Commitment to NRDC's values and mission.

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming a diversity of voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.Learn more about the steps we are taking to live up to these valueshere.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Since March 2020, NRDC's offices have been closed and are currently in a phased reopening process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You will be associated with one of our offices, but until we fully re-open, we will continue to support NRDCers with remote working arrangements.

As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination. Those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws.

NRDC encourages successful applicants to secure funding from scholarships or their law schools, but such funding is not a factor in selecting interns. NRDC will supplement outside funding to ensure interns receive$10,000 for the 10-week internship.

Applications for2023 Summer Legal Internships can be submitted online at www.nrdc.org/careers.You will need to electronically submit a cover letter, transcript, resume, three references, and a legal writing sample that does not reflect edits by anyone other than you.You will also be asked to answer two short DEI values questions.In your cover letter,pleaselet us know how you learned about theposition andindicateallthe NRDC offices to which you are applying, as well as any order of preference among the offices.You may address your cover letterto the Hiring Manager.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews will be scheduled starting inSeptember 2022. Offers will be made on a rolling basis; we strongly encourage you to apply early.The deadlines tosubmit an applicationare December30,2022(2Ls) and January 15, 2023 (1Ls).

If you are having technical difficulty while applying, or if you are a person with a disability and you need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care by dialing1-800-889-4422.

For further information about NRDC, please visitwww.nrdc.org.

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