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About the Role

NRDC is seeking to hire a cohort of Summer Legal Interns to work on cases and projects with attorneys on core issue areas including Human Health, Equity & Justice, Climate & Energy, and Nature. Interns will gain exposure to and support NRDC's legal and policy advocacy to protect the environment and public health, playing an active role on the frontlines.

Responsibilities

• Researching and preparing legal memos in support of rulemaking proceedings, litigation case development, and active litigation.
• Interviewing NRDC members and preparing standing declarations.
• Helping draft and review portions of pleadings and review briefs.
• Helping prepare comments to submit to administrative agencies or legislative bodies.
• Helping craft proposed legislation to address environmental and public health problems.

Requirements

• This internship is designed for current law school students.
• Prior experience in environmental law or with environmental issues is not required.
• Strong legal writing, analytical, and oral communication skills.
• Experience effectively working on a team.
• Creativity and resourcefulness.
• Commitment to public service, equity, or justice.
• Growth mindset and openness to feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people across different social identities and backgrounds.
• Record of academic and/or professional accomplishment.
• Commitment to NRDC’s values and mission.
• Ability to commit to being in the office 3 days/week (Tuesdays - Thursdays).

Skills

• Legal writing
• Analytical skills
• Oral communication skills
• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Resourcefulness

Location

• San Francisco
• Santa Monica
• New York
• Chicago
• Washington, D.C.

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 2L law students
• Part-time or dual-degree law students who have completed at least one year of coursework and will not graduate before summer 2027.

Education Level

• Law school student

Salary/Compensations

• $10,000 stipend paid bi-weekly over 10 weeks (35 hours a week at $28.57 an hour).

About the Company

• NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) works to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
• NRDC combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 800 policy advocates, lawyers, scientists, and communication experts to confront the climate crisis, protect nature, ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
• As an international nonprofit environmental organization, NRDC is working to address the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, and advance innovative, science-based, and enforceable solutions.
• Since our founding in 1970, NRDC has helped craft and deliver many of America’s foundational environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
• Today, we continue to lead in advancing and defending strong environmental protections at the local, state, federal and international levels, as well as through the marketplace.
• Our team works across the United States and around the world, from offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., as well as in Beijing, and New Delhi (a subsidiary of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd.).
• Supported by our members and online activists, NRDC is driving impactful solutions that confront the climate crisis, defend nature and safeguard public health across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
• At NRDC, we believe lasting change happens when people bring their talent, passion, and expertise together for a common purpose: to build a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient world.
• Learn more at nrdc.org.

Equal Opportunity

• 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 planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented 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.