Greenpeace International is seeking for six Remote based Legal Interns for 2025
Closing Date: 6 October 2024
Greenpeace International is seeking for six Remote based Legal Interns for 2025
About Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a global campaigning network. It comprises 25 independent national/regional organisations and a coordinating organisation, Greenpeace International. Greenpeace uses peaceful, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and develop solutions for a green and peaceful future.
Job description
The Legal Unit (LU) of Greenpeace International is seeking six Legal interns for 2025. The LU advises Greenpeace International, and when necessary the independent national and regional Greenpeace organisations, on campaign strategies and organisational legal issues. This internship will assist the LU’s campaigns, communications and organisational lawyers, who work to advance campaign goals through both proactive and defensive legal strategies, provide risk assessments for projects and advocate for a strong enabling environment for civil society organisations.
Alongside the daily practice of the LU, there are various research projects that, in accordance with the specific interests and background of the intern, can be undertaken. Over the past year, this has ranged from assisting the LU’s efforts to proactively use the courts to hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental destruction and human rights violations to helping Greenpeace build resilience against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) designed to shut down assembly and advocacy rights. Other topics you could expect to learn about and contribute to are trademark and IP licensing, good governance practices for NGOs, and compliance with the laws and regulations applying to the Greenpeace fleet.
The legal interns play an important role in the development of LU projects, and the position, therefore, involves a great deal of responsibility and self-directiveness. With this in mind, Greenpeace is looking for candidates with exceptional analytical skills, initiative, and drive. Greenpeace is looking for the ability to work independently while following instructions and also proactively contributing to the project by anticipating needs and thinking creatively.
The legal internship is a full-time position (40 hours per week) for a period of six months. Greenpeace will select interns for two starting dates either January/February 2025 or June/July 2025. Interns receive 800 euros net as a monthly stipend.
Job requirements
Essential Skills / Qualifications:
- Law student towards the end of studies or recent law graduate (LLM, JD or equivalent);
- Strong background in (preferably more than) one of the following: international environmental law; international human rights law; public international law, including the law of the sea; civil law, including tort and contract, media law; information law; and international law on freedom of expression. Having a Dutch civil law background is an advantage.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required. At least two of the recruited interns will be required to speak Dutch. Other languages are an advantage.
Required Competencies:
- Strong analytical skills;
- Ability to work independently and with strong initiative;
- Self-confident, focused, pro-active and result-oriented;
- Flexible attitude to shifting work priorities.
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