Climate Legal Fellow
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Job Description
Overview
NRDC is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization. We use law science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planets wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air clean water and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of Americas bedrock environmental laws including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today our team of more than 700 lawyers scientists economists policy advocates communications experts and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington D.C.
NRDC is seeking a Legal Fellow to work with the Climate & Energy team in Washington DC.
Position Summary
The Climate Legal Fellow will play a key role in NRDCs climate clean air and clean energy federal litigation and regulatory advocacy as a junior member of the Climate & Energy Programs Power Sector Division while also supporting regulatory and legal work with the Transportation Division. The teams priority regulatory initiatives include: Environmental Protection Agency regulations for climate and air pollution from the power sector motor vehicles and heavy industry; and other agency actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Your new role at NRDC is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The NewsguildCWA Local 32035.
Responsibilities
- Working with a team of lawyers and paralegals on active cases and case development projects including by both providing support on cases led by senior attorneys and leading cases or substantial aspects of cases under the supervision of senior attorneys.
- Collaborating with NRDC program staff clients experts and coalition and community partners to support regulatory and litigation tasks.
- Conducting legal research and factual investigations.
- Writing briefs motions and memoranda.
Qualifications
This twoyear Fellowship is designed for early career attorneys with at least two years of experience. In assessing candidates we look for:
- Juris Doctor degree and admission to the Bar of the jurisdiction in which they intend to practice or willingness to complete the requirements for admission to that Bar.
- Knowledge of administrative law and federal court practice.
- Strong writing research and public speaking skills.
- Ability to work independently and take initiative.
- Experience working effectively with a team.
- Creativity and resourcefulness.
- Commitment to NRDCs values and mission.
Preferred
- Experience litigating and working with coalitions.
- Experience working on climate clean air or clean energy policy.
- Knowledge of Clean Air Act law and associated technical issues.
NRDC is committed to advancing diversity equity and inclusion both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planets most pressing environmental problems and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically underrepresented in the environmental movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race color religion gender gender identity or expression marital status sexual orientation national origin citizenship age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come to the office 8 days per month.
As a sciencebased organization NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID19 public health crisis. For the sake of health safety and equity we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDCapproved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccinerelated data confidentially in keeping with local state and federal laws.
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