The Wilderness Society (TWS) is seeking a highly motivated current second-year law student for a paid summer law clerk position in our Denver, CO office. The position is paid and includes a stipend to assist with costs associated with relocating to Denver for the summer.
TWS is the leading American conservation organization working to protect our nation’s shared wildlands. Founded 1935, we work to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. We believe that public lands belong to and should benefit all of us. Our organization and work must embody the cultures and perspectives of people and communities across our nation, and connect and inspire people to care about the outdoors. TWS’s Denver Office houses our Agency Policy and Planning team, which focuses on defending and protecting important landscapes, wildlands, and bedrock conservation laws and policies, including through land use planning.
For more information and to apply, please visit: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2a2cd446-3b6b-45ff-90d7-579775843522&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=296366&source=CC2&lang=en_US
Friends of Animals is pleased to announce summer legal internship opportunities in its Wildlife Law Program (WLP), located in Centennial, Colorado.
Established in 2013, the WLP fills a niche between animal and environmental activism. Animal activists often fail to fully utilize the array of local, state, federal and international environmental laws as a means to protect the rights of animals to live free from human interference. Environmental activists often utilize these laws, but do so to achieve broad environmental objectives that may not always protect the rights of free- living animals. The mission of the WLP is to utilize the law for a singular purpose: to ensure the right of all wildlife to live in an ecosystem free from human manipulation, exploitation, or abuse.
The WLP focuses on the defense of wildlife and their habitats throughout the world. Attorneys and interns in the program utilize a variety of environmental laws to promote the rights of wildlife, including the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Migratory Treaty Bird Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and international treaties like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Interns will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience by working closely with WLP attorneys to litigate matters in federal and state court, as well as engage in non-litigation advocacy projects. Typically, intern projects include drafting legal documents (60-day notice letters, complaints, discovery documents, briefs, administrative comments), legal research and writing, interviewing and working directly with the client, engaging government decision-makers, and advocating at the policy level. The WLP attorneys also make an effort to expose students to a wide variety of career opportunities, including opportunities in public interest environmental law and animal rights law.
Qualifications:
Seeking a current student enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school. Applicants should have strong legal writing and research skills, and a demonstrated interest in animal rights or wildlife advocacy.
Benefits:
Legal intern opportunities are unpaid, however Friends of Animals will work with students to approve school credit, where possible. Interns will receive stipend opportunities.
To Apply:
Send current resume and writing sample to: Michael Harris, Director Wildlife Law Program, 7500 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 385, Centennial, CO 80112 or email to michaelharris@friendsofanimals.org.
Please direct questions to wlp_admin@friendsofanimals.org
Application Deadline:
All interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials by 2/14/20 although applications will be re reviewed on a rolling basis after that date.