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Earthjustice is the nation's leading environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We are here because the Earth needs a good lawyer. Dri

Earthjustice is the nation's leading environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We are here because the Earth needs a good lawyer. Dri

Founded in 1971, Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization, taking on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. Partnering with thousands of groups, supporters, individuals, and communities, Earthjustice uses the power of the law to protect people’s hea

Earthjustice is the nation’s leading environmental law organization. Wielding the power of law, Earthjustice partners with our clients to take on the most critical fights of our time — fights to protect the incredible biodiversity and wild places of the planet; to avert climate disaster by transitio

STRATEGIC LEGAL ADVOCACY The Strategic Legal Advocacy team identifies and addresses cross-cutting changes in judicial doctrines that affect our clients’ ability to vindicate their rights. These include legal doctrines affecting justiciability, jurisdiction, the scope of federal power, and judicial r

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PROGRAM Program: Rocky Mountain Regional Clerkship Clerk Description: The Rocky Mountain Office’s work focuses on Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and its cases primarily involve 1. protecting public lands and wildlife from fracking, mining, and other threats; 2. quickly and equi

ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM Earthjustice’s enforcement docket focuses on holding polluters accountable for violating the federal environmental laws that protect our land, air, and water. The Enforcement team serves as a resource for enforcement efforts across the organization and pursues its own cases on be

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM The Litigation Directors for Drinking Water, Pesticides, and Crosscutting Toxics work primarily within the Healthy Communities focus area. The law student would assist with the development and advancement of strategic advocacy goals related to those three bodies of work u

TOXIC EXPOSURE & HEALTH PROGRAM Earthjustice’s Toxic Exposure & Health Program litigates in federal court and conducts administrative and legislative advocacy to ensure that all people have safe workplaces, neighborhoods, and schools; have access to safe drinking water and food; and live in homes th

TRIBAL PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM The Tribal Partnerships Program works across Earthjustice’s regional offices and programs to develop cross-cutting strategies on behalf of our tribal and Indigenous partners and to provide added capacity and expertise to work on matters of concern to tribes and Indigenous

WASHINGTON DC REGIONAL PROGRAM Earthjustice’s Washington D.C. Regional Program works to protect community health and the environment from pollution. We use litigation, administrative advocacy, and partnership to advocate for more-protective national air quality standards, national safeguards against