Earthjustice’s Florida regional office, located in Tallahassee, Florida, has an immediate opening for a project attorney to join our staff. We are hiring for a three year term.
The Florida regional office focuses on litigation involving water pollution and conservation, public trust waters, wetlands protection, Everglades restoration, clean air, and climate change in federal, state, and administrative courts. Tallahassee is the state capital and a medium-sized college town with two major state universities. The city is a regional cultural center and is within a one-hour drive of many pristine rivers and springs, and a half-hour from the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. The area provides extraordinary opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, bird watching, and fishing. Our office is located downtown two blocks from the United States District Courthouse and the Florida Supreme Court.
Responsibilities: The Project Attorney participates in a full range of tasks, including:
- Meeting with clients and experts.
- Conducting factual investigations, legal research, and discovery.
- Preparing pleadings and briefs.
- Engaging in advocacy.
- Participating in oral argument and trial work.
The project attorney will be assigned to specific cases, working with staff attorneys on litigation involving coal, renewables, toxics, coastal issues and industrial agriculture.
Qualifications:
- Law school graduates who are admitted to, or willing to apply for admission to the Florida bar.
- 3 to 5 years’ experience in environmental law or general litigation; applicants who have completed a judicial clerkship will also be considered.
- Solid academic record.
- A demonstrated commitment to environmental protection.
- Excellent research, writing and oral advocacy skills are essential.
- Interest in being a team player.
- Strong work ethic.
- A sense of humor.
Salary is dependent upon experience. Earthjustice offers an excellent medical, dental and benefits package.
To apply: Please send a resume, legal writing sample, law school transcript, and list of at least three references to Office Manager via email floffice_jobs@earthjustice.org. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Please, no phone calls or drop-ins.
About Earthjustice
Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. We partner with thousands of groups, supporters and citizens to engage the critical environmental issues of our time, and bring about positive change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
Founded in 1971, Earthjustice has a distinguished track record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We achieve this by hiring the best and brightest who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our headquarters are in San Francisco with nine offices across the U.S.
Earthjustice is driven by a passion for justice, partnership and excellence. Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.