Earthjustice’s Northern Rockies Office has openings for second- and third-year law student clerks during the spring semester and summer of 2012. The Northern Rockies Office—staffed by five attorneys, a litigation assistant, and an office manager—is engaged in a regional, ecosystem-based litigation program which is focused on protecting national forests in the Northern Rockies from logging and road building, safeguarding some of America’s last remaining grizzly bears, and restoring the region’s rivers, streams, and native fish runs. We seek creative, motivated, and good-humored law students to join us in these efforts.
Law clerks and externs work directly with staff lawyers in the development and prosecution of environmental litigation. Depending on prior experience and ability, their duties may include legal research and analysis, factual research and analysis, preparing correspondence and legal documents, strategy development, as well as attending hearings or depositions. Law clerks and externs may have direct contact with Earthjustice clients and co-counsel.
All applicants should send a cover letter, résumé, recent writing sample, current transcript, and three references to nroffice@earthjustice.org.