NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
2012 LEGAL CLIMATE INTERNSHIP
WHO IS NRDC?
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit global environmental organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. We have offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montana, and Beijing, China. Our staff of over 400 includes lawyers, scientists, economists, policy analysts and environmental experts work to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.
LEGAL INTERN EXPERIENCE IN THE CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR PROGRAM
NRDC is seeking a legal intern to work on climate change issues in the Climate and Clean Air Program in the D.C. office. The Climate Legal Intern will prepare legal analyses, participate in policy advocacy campaigns, draft litigation and regulatory documents, and draft white papers and comments for submission to Congressional committees and administrative agencies.
NRDC hires passionate students who possess the intelligence, skill, self-confidence, and maturity to take on enormous responsibility. In exchange for their hard work, our interns receive an active role on the frontlines of the environmental movement. Over the course of a semester, an NRDC intern will typically work on a variety of projects and amass experience that he/she could not obtain anywhere else.
HOW TO APPLY
This is an unpaid internship. To apply, please visit www.nrdc.org/jobs. Please electronically submit a cover letter, transcript, resume, references, and a legal writing sample that does not reflect edits by anyone other than you. Interested applicants should email application materials by May 11, 2012. No phone calls or faxes. Please reference where you saw this posting. NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information about NRDC, please visit www.nrdc.org.
