General Environmental Law Student Positions (Clerkships, Internships, Fellowships)

Internships/Summer Associate

Internships (Natural Resources Defense Council) – multiple locations

Summer Clerk Program (EarthJustice) – multiple locations

Student Programs (EarthJustice) – multiple locations

2023 Fall Legal Internship/Externship Program (U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor Legal Internship Program) – multiple locations

Internship Program (Sierra Club) – multiple locations

Internships and Fellowships (EPA) – multiple locations

Legal Internship (Avangrid) – multiple locations

Clerkships, Fellowships, and Internships (Midwest Environmental Advocates) – multiple locations

Internship in Energy Law and Policy Analysis (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) – remote

Internships for different semesters (Office of General Counsel) – various positions, Washington D.C.

Internship Program (Council on Environmental Quality) – Washington, D.C.

Volunteer Law Clerk (Enviromental and Natural Resources Division of the Depart. of Justice) – Washington, DC/Remote

Internships and Fellowships (Environmental Defense Fund) – Washington, DC/Remote

Internship (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission) – Washington, DC

Congressional Affair Internship (Solar Energy Initiatives Association) – Washington, DC

Internships and Clerkships (FERC) – Washington, DC

Internship Program (Department of Energy Office of General Counsel) – Washington, DC

Internships (Center for International Environment Law) – Washington, DC/Remote

Legal Internship (EarthRights) – Washington, DC

Legal Internship (NRDC) – Washington, DC

Internship (Food and Water Watch) – Washington, DC or remote

Internships (Environmental Law Foundation) – Oakland, CA

Legal Summer Associate (Cypress Creek Renewables) - multiple CA locations

Internship Program (Western Environmental Law Center) – Eugene, OR

Internships (Environmental Law & Policy Center) – Des Moines, IA

Legal Internship (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) – Golden, CO

Legal Internship (Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ General Counsel’s Office) – Jefferson City, MO

Internship (Missouri Attorney General’s Office, summer ‘24)

Legal Internships (Great Rivers Environmental Law Center) – St. Louis, MO

Legal Internship (Missouri department of conservation)

Student Trainee, Legal (EPA Region 5, Office of the Regional Administrator, Office of Regional Counsel) – Chicago, IL

Rolling Internship Opportunity (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)) – Silver Spring, MD

Legal Internship (EPA) – Atlanta, GA

Internship (Vermont Natural Resources Council) – Montpelier, VT

Internship (Iowa Environmental Council)

Glynn D. Key Summer Intern Fellowship (Southern Environmental Law Center) – Nashville, TN

Legal Internship and Externships (Clean Wisconsin) – Madison, WI

State of Alaska Internship Program (various positions)

Externships (Pennsylvania Utility Law Project)

Legal Internship (Duke Energy Summer Regulatory) – Cincinnati, OH

Internship (The Office of Administrative Counsel for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality) – Phoenix, AZ

Internship (Southern Environmental Law Center) – Birmingham, AL

Externships 

HUD Office of General Counsel - More details of the externship and application process can be found here.

Clerkships

Summer Law Clerk (California Energy Commission) – Sacramento, CA

Internships and Clerkships (FERC) – Washington, DC

Summer 2024 Law Clerk at FERC (interviews Fall 23)

Clerkships, Fellowships, and Internships (Midwest Environmental Advocates) – multiple locations

Law Clerk (Center for Biological Diversity) – Washington, DC/Hybrid

Law Clerk (Fall 2023) Environmental Law Institute (ELI) - Washington DC

Environmental Justice Law Clerk (Fall 2023) at ELI, Washington DC

Fellowships

Internships and Fellowships (EPA) – multiple locations

Clerkships, Fellowships, and Internships (Midwest Environmental Advocates) – multiple locations

Internships and Fellowships (Environmental Defense Fund) – Washington, DC/Remote

Climate Change and Animal Agriculture Litigation Fellow (Law, Ethics, & Animals Program at Yale) - Boston, MA

Fellowship (Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger) – San Francisco, CA

Fellowship (UNEP-Georgetown) – Washington, DC

Fellow Program (Crag Law Legal) – Portland, OR

Glynn D. Key Fellowship Program (Southern Environmental Law Center) – multiple locations

The Jim Rubin International Fellowship Program (Environmental Law Institute) – Washington, DC

UCLA Emmett/Frankel and Shapiro Fellowships in Environmental Law and Policy – Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship (Pace) – White Plaines, NY

2023-2025 Legal Fellow (Inflation Reduction & Climate Risk with the Environmental Defense Fund, on the U.S. Clean Air team) – Washington, D.C., & Boulder, CO

Legal Fellow (Environmental Defense Fund) – Washington, DC/Remote

Full Time Positions

Water Policy Specialist – Milwaukee, WI

Torts Branch-environmental Torts Litigation Attorney – Washington DC

Staff Attorney (Great Rivers Environmental Law Center)

Clean Energy Attorney, Public Interest Environmental Attorney, Litigation Attorney, & Natural Resources, (Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC))

Environmental Law Associate Attorney – Arena, WI

Health & Safety and General Environmental Counsel – Des Moines, IA

General Counsel (Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)) – remote

Staff Attorney (Native Nations Partnerships for Midwest Environmental Advocates) – Madison, WI

Attorney/Advocate (NRDC) – multiple locations

Transactional Tax Associate with Renewable/Energy Focus (V&E) –Los Angeles, CA

Land Use/Environmental Litigation Associate (Meyers Nave) – Los Angeles, CA

Natural Resources Associate (DB) – Sacramento, CA

Attorneys (Conservation Law Foundation) – location flexible

Environmental and Land Use General Attorney (Hogan Lovells) – Louisville, KY

Staff Attorney (Communities for a Better Environment) – Oakland, CA

Employment and Labor Attorney (U.S. EPA Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel)

Energy Law Associate, Fox Rothschild LLP (Charlotte, North Carolina 3-6 years experience)

Trial Attorney, US Dept. Of Energy – Remote

EPA Attorney-Adviser in Chicago, IL office, Region 5

EPA Attorney-Adviser in Dallas, TX office, Region 6

EPA Attorney-Adviser in Lenexa, KS office, Region 7

Environmental Staff Attorney – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA. 3 years experience

Environmental Staff Attorney – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA. Entry Level

Staff Attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center

Contract Specialist – Recent Graduate – Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center

Contract Specialist– Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center

Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ)