Closing Date: 25 October 2024
Earn $25 an hour as a Legal Summer Intern at Environmental Law Institute
About ELI
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is an environmental law, science, and policy center that makes law work for people, places, and the planet. ELI envision a healthy environment, prosperous economies, and vibrant communities founded on the rule of law. Its mission is to foster innovative, just, and practical law and policy solutions to enable leaders across borders and sectors to make environmental, economic, and social progress.
ELI’s Research and Policy experts develop innovative legal and governance solutions to challenges in areas such as climate change; environmental justice; natural resource management; land conservation and smart growth; biodiversity loss and habitat destruction; and air, water, and soil pollution. Together, ELI’s staff aims to:
- Build the skills and capacity of tomorrow’s leaders and institutions
- Research and analyze complex and pressing environmental challenges
- Promote and disseminate the best thinking through print and electronic media
- Work with partners to develop and implement laws, policies, and other means to protect the environment and society
- Convene people with diverse perspectives to build understanding through robust dialogue
ELI is seeking a Legal Intern for the summer of 2025 to assist with its portfolio of uniquely positioned environmental law and policy projects addressing critical environment and sustainable development challenges domestically and internationally.
About the Legal Summer Internship
In accord with ELI mission to build the skills and capacity of tomorrow’s leaders, ELI provides opportunities for law students to join at the Institute. ELI welcome applications from current law students interested in working as a Legal Summer intern during the summer of 2025 (approximately June – August).
Legal interns work closely with ELI experts on domestic and international research projects spanning ELI’s full range of program areas. Legal interns also may assist in the editing and production of ELI publications, such as the Environmental Law Reporter. Legal interns provide crucial support for ELI projects and publications by conducting legal and policy research, analyzing environmental laws, attending and reporting on briefings and current events, drafting memoranda and other products, and otherwise assisting in the preparation of published materials.
ELI encourage legal interns to supplement their work experience by attending the seminars and events that ELI hosts, as well as social and networking opportunities provided by ELI and its partners.
Qualifications
- Eligibility is limited to students enrolled in law school.
- Broad knowledge of or interest in environmental, energy, or natural resource law and policy, or related field.
- Excellent skills in policy and legal research and analytical writing.
- Ability to become proficient in new issue areas and contribute to creative, rigorous, analytical approaches to address them.
- Strong communication skills.
- Well-developed collaborative and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders across diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Skills in languages other than English and bringing diverse perspectives to ELI as a result of the applicant’s life experiences are appreciated.
Compensation
ELI provides interns an hourly wage of $25. In order to participate in the paid legal internship program, you must be physically present in the DC metro area (where ELI’s office is located) during the internship. If an intern desires to receive course credit for the internship and the intern’s school prohibits earning income for the same work as the course credit is being received, accommodations can be made.
The internship runs for 10 weeks, and interns work full-time (37.5 hours per week).
How to Apply
To apply, submit an application package via ELI’s online application system by clicking the link below. Note that your submission must contain the following uploaded documents (Word or PDF format), as follows:
- Cover letter
- Resume (including college and law school GPAs)
- List of 3 references
- Law school transcript
- A writing sample
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