ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OPPORTUNITIES
Updated 11/17/09
This page provides information about jobs, fellowships, externships, writing competitions, and scholarships, concentrating on opportunities in environmental, land use, natural resources, and energy law and policy. It is divided into four categories: (1) Jobs and fellowships for third-year students to apply for now that provide employment after graduation; (2) externships and internships for current 3Ls and 2Ls (spring semester) and for current 2Ls and 1Ls (summer and next fall); (3) writing competitions; and (4) scholarships.
This list reflects information first distributed through the Environmental & Land Use Law Program's e-mail service every Wednesday. This Web page will be updated weekly to reflect new information distributed the previous week, and to remove opportunities whose deadlines have passed. Check back often! If you are an Florida State Law student and wish to receive the e-mail as well, contact Program Assistant Jeremy Lightner at jlightne@law.fsu.edu.
NOTE TO 3Ls: I encourage you to apply broadly among these jobs and fellowships and to not rule yourself out too hastily. The Law Teaching Fellowships do tend to be highly competitive, and grades and class rank will matter. HOWEVER, for many of the other fellowships, an interest in the subject area — as demonstrated by course work, externships, leadership in student organizations, the International Law Certificate and/or the Environmental Law Certificate — is more important than being at the very top of your class.
In addition, many of the Fellowships are entry-level job opportunities, limiting the potential competition. They can be an excellent way of getting your foot in the door of a larger organization or agency, like the EPA.
NO Date/ASAP: Visiting Assistant Professor Program, Chicago-Kent Law School.
NO Date/ASAP: Associates in Law Program, Columbia University.
NO Date/ASAP: Visiting Assistant Professor Program, Duke University Law
School.
NO Date/ASAP: E-Activism Fellow, Oceana. Entry-level paid position with major ocean policy NGO. Computer experience essential
NO DATE/ASAP: Public Interest Environmental Attorney Fellowship, Environmental Law & Policy Center. Des Moines, IA, Madison, WI, or Sioux Falls, IA. 1 year, $44,000.
NO DATE/ASAP: U.S. Public Interest Research Group Fellowship and individual State Public Interest Group Fellowships (unified application system). 25 states have state PIRGs, including Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.
ASAP (December Graduates): Campaign Manager, Earthjustice. Washington, D.C.
ASAP (December Graduates): Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Louisiana.
ASAP (December Graduates): Government Relations Program Assistant, The Nature Conservancy. Washington, D.C. One-year position.
ASAP (December Graduates): Health/Toxic Torts Attorney, Earthjustice. Oakland, CA.
ASAP (December Graduates): Coal & Global Warming Attorney, Earthjustice. New York, NY.
ASAP (Opened August 15): Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships. University of Chicago. Six paid fellowships per year.
ASAP: UCLA School of Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship. A two-year fellowship.
ASAP: NYU/NYPD Graduate Fellowship. One year, $75,000.
NOVEMBER 1, 2009 APPLICATION PERIOD OPENED: Visiting Assistant Professor Program, Brooklyn Law School.
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Open Society Fellowship, Open Society Institute. Full-time placement in U.S. offices comes with a stipend of $60,000 to $100,000.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Women's Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program. Georgetown University.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic Fellowship. Vermont Law School. Two-year post-J.D. fellowship in connection with receiving an LL.M.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 (December Graduates): Consumer Law Attorney, Montana Legal Services Association. Helena, MT. $38,000/year.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): General Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C. $60,000 to $95,000.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Legal Assistant, Office of Hearings & Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior. Alexandria, VA $37,000 to $53,500.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Judicial Clerk, Judge Pamela Pepper. Milwaukee, WI. Judge Pepper has an immediate need for a judicial clerk and is advertising outside of the normal clerkship process. $58,289 to $69,864.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Green Campus Program Associate, The Alliance to Save Energy. Oakland, CA.
NOVEMBER 21, 2009 (December Graduates): Environmental Education Program Associate, Americorps. Ketchum, ID. 1-year position.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009 (December Graduates): General Attorney, Department of Homeland Security. Detroit, MI. $61,000 to $95,000.
NOVEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Temporary Staff Attorney, New York Legal Assistance Group. New York, NY.
NOVEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Legal Assistant, Nationalities Service Center. Philadelphia, PA.
NOVEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Staff Attorney, The Children's Law Center. New York, NY.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009 (December Graduates): Program Associate, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative, RESOLVE. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009 (December Graduates): Climate Educator, Alliance for Climate Education. Austin, TX.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009 (December Graduates): General Attorney, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Fort Rucker, AL. $45,600 to $99,900.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Legal Fellow Institute for Policy Integrity. New York, NY. Two-year fellowship to begin August 2010 "Competitive" salary.
NOVEMBER 2009: Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship Program.
DECEMBER 1, 2009 (December Graduates): Stream Restoration Coordinator, StreamTeam of Clark Public Utilities. Vancouver, WA. One-year position.
DECEMBER 1, 2009 (December Graduates): Field Organizer, Alliance for Climate Protection. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: 2010-2011 ALFA Fellowships Program, CDS International. Various international fellowships. 10 fellowships awarded to Americans.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Clinical Teaching Fellowships, Georgetown University Law School. Washington, D.C. $50,000 per year. Two years. Many clinics; one is Environmental Law.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Sexual Orientation Law Teaching Fellowship, UCLA. Two years. $52,000 per year.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Clinical Teaching Fellowship in Legislative Lawyering, Georgetown University Law School. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Law Fellowship, Service Employees International Union. Los Angeles, CA. One-year, renewable.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Cover Fellowships in Clinical Teaching, Yale Law School. $46,000.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Cover-Lowenstein Clinical Fellowship in International Human Rights, Yale Law School. Two years. $46,000 per year.
DECEMBER 1, 2009 (December Graduates): Staff Attorney, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 2, 2009: Echoing Green Fellowships. Two-year fellowships in public interest subjects. $30,000 per year.
DECEMBER 4, 2009 (December Graduates): Urban Environmental Education Program Coordinator, Greater Newark Conservancy. Newark, NJ. $12-$15 an hour.
DECEMBER 4, 2009: 2010 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship in Nonprofit Law, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law. New York, NY. $47,000.
DECEMBER 4, 2009 (December Graduates): Environmental Fellowship Program, Environment America. Multiple cities. Two-year fellowship beginning January 2010
DECEMBER 6, 2009 (December Graduates): Gulf Long-Line Closure Campaign Associate, Pew Charitable Trusts. Gulf of Mexico region.
DECEMBER 7, 2009 (December Graduates): Regional Campaign Organizer, Corporate Accountability International. Boston, MA. $27,000 to $31,800.
DECEMBER 7, 2009 (December Graduates): Environmental Attorney, Army Installation Management Agency. Fort Stewart, GA. $80,400 to $104,500.
DECEMBER 7, 2009 (December Graduates): General Attorney, U.S. Department of the Army. Germany. $70,600 to $91.800.
DECEMBER 10, 2009 (December Graduates): Due Diligence Manager, Trace International, Inc. Annapolis, MD.
DECEMBER 11, 2009: 2010-2012 Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy, The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. Two years. $122,000 total.
DECEMBER 11, 2009: Public Interest Research Fellowships, U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Tallahassee, FL or Raleigh, NC. $23,750 plus benefits
DECEMBER 11, 2009 (December Graduates): Environmental Fellowship, Environment America. Sacramento, CA; Boston, MA; Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; St. Louis, MO. $33,400 per year.
DECEMBER 15, 2009: 2010 Advanced Commitment Program, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Entry-level jobs to begin immediately after graduation. $67,000 to $90,000 per year. 6 positions, one in Chicago and 5 in Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 15, 2009 (December Graduates): Policy Analyst, Mayors Against Illegal Guns. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 15, 2009 (December Graduates): Staff Attorney, Day One NY. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Conservation Educator, Americorps. Trout Lake, WA. 1-year position.
DECEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Contract Attorney, Boat People SOS. Houston, TX.
DECEMBER 21, 2009 (December Graduates): Educator, Alliance for Climate Education. Atlanta, GA.
DECEMBER 21, 2009 (December Graduates): Staff Attorney, Texas Defender Service.
DECEMBER 26, 2009 (December Graduates): Program Officer for Family Law, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. Washington, D.C. $50,000 to $55,000. Knowledge of Arabic and Muslim law important.
DECEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Legal Advisor, A Woman's Place of Buck County. Doylestown, PA.
DECEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Policy Director, Texas Defender Service. Texas.
DECEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Policy Associate, Frontier Group. Santa Barbara, CA. $23,750.
DECEMBER 27, 2009 (December Graduates): Campus Organizer, CALPIRG. Santa Barbara, CA. $33,400.
DECEMBER 28, 2009 (December Graduates): Gulf Coast Fish Campaign Organizer, Food & Water Watch. New Orleans, LA.
DECEMBER 28, 2009 (December Graduates): Attorney, Lennox Hill Neighborhood House. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 28, 2009 (December Graduates): Policy Associate, Frontier Group. Boston, MA. $23,750.
DECEMBER 31, 2009: CyberLaw Fellowships, Harvard Law School. One-year fellowship for advanced study in cyberlaw.
DECEMBER 31, 2009 (December Graduates): Federal Judicial Staff Attorneys, Federal Courts. Atlanta, GA. MANY vacancies. $58,734 per
JANUARY 1, 2010 (December Graduates): Anti-Predatory Lending/Home Foreclosure Attorney, Community Legal Services. East Palo Alto, CA.
JANUARY 4, 2010 (December Graduates): Temporary Attorney, CAMDA. Brooklyn, NY.
JANUARY 8, 2010: 2010 Crowley Fellowship in International Human Rights, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice. Fordham Law School, New York. Two-year post-graduate fellowship to begin August 2010. $55,000 for the first year and $60,000 for the second.
JANUARY 15, 2010: George Sharswood Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Two-year law teaching and research fellowship.
JANUARY 15, 2010: Georgetown Law Research Fellowships. Georgetown Law School.
JANUARY 15, 2010: Public Interest Law Grants, Berkeley Law Foundation.
JANUARY 22, 2010: Coro Fellowships in Public Affairs. Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and St. Louis. 68 Fellowships.
JANUARY 25, 2010: Open Society Justice Initiative 2010-2012 Fellows Program. Two years. International placements.
JANUARY 29, 2010: Visiting Assistant Professorships, Cornell Law School. Two-year fellowships.
JANUARY 30, 2010: Visiting Assistant Professorships, Wake Forest University School of Law.
JANUARY 30, 2010: Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law. Newark, NJ.
JANUARY 31, 2010: Fellowship Program, Institute for Educational Equity and Opportunity. One-year fellowship
FEBRUARY 1, 2010: White House Fellows Program. Washington, D.C. One-year fellowship in the Executive Branch, with placements in different agencies. 19 fellowships. $100,000 for the year.
FEBRUARY 10, 2010: Information Society Project Resident Fellowships, Yale Law School. $44,000.
FEBRUARY 15, 2010: Visiting Assistant Professor Program, Arizona State University College of Law. One-year renewable appointment.
FEBRUARY 15, 2010: Georgetown Fellowship for LL.M. Study. Various fields, including health law and tax.
MARCH 15, 2010: Olin/Searle Fellows in Law, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Washington, D.C. $50,000 plus benefits for the one-year fellowship. Three fellowships awarded.
AUGUST 24, 2010: Staff Law Clerks, U.S. Courts. Chicago, IL. 10 vacancies. Two-year position, $61,667 per year
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010: Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice. 4 vacancies.
JULY 30, 2010: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Fellowships. Bonn, Germany. 3- to 6-month fellowships, paid at a rate designed to cover living expenses. LAST YEAR'S INFORMATION:
NOTE: You can set up your own externship for credit, even if an organization is not pre-approved by the law school. See Professor Sally Gertz for more details.
VARIOUS. Internships with U.S. Representatives from Florida: Most Florida Representatives offer internships in their offices, and often in both Florida and Washington, D.C. Use Google to find their individual application procedures.
ASAP: Spring Energy & Climate Policy Program Internship, Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Washington, D.C.
ASAP: Summer 2010 Energy & Climate Policy Internship, EESI. Washington, D.C.
ASAP: Summer 2010 Legal Internships, Earthjustice. New York, NY.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Special Project Internship, Earthjustice. Washington, D.C.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Water Internship, Natural Resources Defense Council. Washington, D.C.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Nuclear Internship, Natural Resources Defense Council. Washington, D.C.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Legal Internship, The Center for HIV Law and Policy. New York, NY.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Sustainable Biomass & Energy Policy Internship, Environmental & Energy Study Institute. Washington, D.C. SUMMER ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Transportation & Energy Policy Internship, Environmental & Energy Study Institute. Washington, D.C. SUMMER ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
ASAP: Spring 2010 Energy and Climate Policy Program Internship, Environmental & Energy Study Institute. Washington, D.C. SUMMER ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
NO DEADLINE/ASAP: Summer Legal Intern--Northwest, Earthjustice. Seattle, WA. Selected by December, so apply soon!
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Internships at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Available any semester, including summer.
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Internships at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation.
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Castle Coalition Maffucci Fellowship; Institute for Justice. PAID internship facilitating grassroots movements. Washington, D.C.
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Regulatory Studies Legal Intern. Mercatus Institute, George Mason University.
NO DEADLINE: Small Business Administration Regulatory Studies Fellow. Mercatus Institute, George Mason University. Fall semester. PAID.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer 2010 Law Student Internships, Environmental Law & Policy Center.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Legal Internship, National Environmental Law Center. Boston, MA.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Center for Democracy and Technology Summer Law Clerks.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Judicial Law Clerk, Wisconsin Civil Courts. PAID.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Law Clerks, Texas Civil Rights Project.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Law Clerks, Office of General Counsel, Department of the Navy. PAID.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Law Clerks, Office of General Counsel, Department of the Air Force.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: Summer Externships, The Ocean Conservancy. The Ocean Conservancy is a marine-focused NGO with offices in Washington, DC; St. Petersburg, FL; Santa Barbara, CA; Austin, TX; Santa Cruz, CA; and Anchorage, AK. If you are interested in an internship with them, they have a central e-mail system.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: OCEANA DIRTY FISHING CAMPAIGN SUMMER INTERNSHIP: Stipends available.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: OCEANA SEAFOOD MERCURY CAMPAIGN INTERNSHIP: Washington, D.C. Stipends available.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: OCEANA STOP DESTRUCTIVE FISHING CAMPAIGN SUMMER INTERNSHIP. Washington, D.C. Stipends available.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: OCEANA CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMER INTERNSHIP. Washington, D.C. Stipends available.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: OCEANA LAW CLERKS EXTERNSHIPS: Washington, D.C. Stipends available.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: SUMMER LAW CLERK, Maryland Attorney General Office.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: SUMMER LAW CLERK, Illinois Attorney General's Office:
NO DEADLINE/SOON: SUMMER LAW CLERK, Indiana Attorney General's Office:
NO DEADLINE/SOON: SUMMER LAW CLERK, Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Paid and unpaid.
NO DEADLINE/SOON: SUMMER 2010 Internships, Earthjustice, Northern Rockies Office, Bozeman, MT.
NO DEADLINE/ROLLING: Center for Law & Economic Justice. New York, NY:
NO DATE/ROLLING: Legislative Internships, Environment America. Washington, D.C.
NO DATE/ASAP: Summer Law Clerks — Northeast, Earthjustice. New York, NY.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009: Spring Public Interest Law Intern, The Constitution Society. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 (December Graduates): Judicial Clerk, Judge Pamela Pepper. Milwaukee, WI. Judge Pepper has an immediate need for a judicial clerk and is advertising outside of the normal clerkship process. $58,289 to $69,864.
RE-POSTED! NOVEMBER 29, 2009: Spring 2010 Oceans Internship, Greenpeace. Washington, D.C.
RE-POSTED! NOVEMBER 29, 2009: Spring 2010 Chemical Legislation Internship, Greenpeace. Washington, D.C.
RE-POSTED! NOVEMBER 29, 2009: Spring 2010 Global Warming Internship, Greenpeace. Washington, D.C.
RE-POSTED! NOVEMBER 29, 2009: Spring 2010 Campaigns Internship, Greenpeace. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Summer Legal Research Internship, Rosa Land Project. Chicago, IL.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Special Project Internship: Coal Ash and Kid Safe Chemical Act (legislative internship), Earthjustice. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring 2010 Green Building Resource Center Internship, The Green Roundtable. Boston, MA.
RE-POSTED! NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring 2010 Greenpeace Internship. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Global Warming Internship. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Internship -- San Francisco, CA.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Internship -- Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Legislative Internship. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Oceans Internship. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Program Support Internship, Amazon Conservation Association. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Global Warming Internship. Washington, D.C.
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: Spring Greenpeace Grassroots Internship. Multiple Locations: Baltimore, MD; Portland, OR; Ann Arbor, MICH; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Raleigh, NC; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Burlington, VT; New York, NY; Nashville, TN; Denver, CO; Columbus, OH; Somerville, MA; St. Louis, MO.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Summer Environmental Project Internship -- The Tree Project, Institute for Environmental Solutions. Denver, CO. Includes the opportunity for academic paper preparation and presentation.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Summer Environmental Project Internship -- The Contaminants of Emerging Concern Project, Institute for Environmental Solutions. Denver, CO. Includes the opportunity to prepared and present and academic paper.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Government Affairs/Communications Intern, National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Paul G. Rogers Memorial Health Policy Analysis & Advocacy Internship Program, National Coalition on Health Care. Spring or Summer 2010. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: PAID Spring 2010 Policy Internship, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Summer 2010 White House Internships. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 3, 2009: Spring Externship, Florida Attorney General's Office.
DECEMBER 4, 2009: Spring 2010 Legal Internship, National Employment Lawyers Association. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 10, 2009: PAID Spring Climate Change Intern, Alliance for Green Heat. Takoma Park, MD.
DECEMBER 12, 2009: Spring 2010 Internship on the United Nations Peace Building Commission, World Federalist Movement -- Institute for Global Policy. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 15, 2009: PAID Summer Honors Law Program -- 2L, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Various
DECEMBER 15, 2009: Spring 2010 Legal Internship, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 15, 2009: PAID Summer 2010 Program Internship, Canyonlands Field Institute. Moab, UT.
DECEMBER 15, 2009: PAID Summer 2010 Public Relations Internship, Canyonlands Field Institute. Moab, UT.
DECEMBER 15, 2009: Spring 2010 Legal Internship, The Family Center. New York, NY.
DECEMBER 18, 2009: Spring 2010 Legal Internship, Rhode Island Center for Law & Public Policy. Warwick, RI.
DECEMBER 18, 2009: Climate Program Fellow, SustainUS. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 20, 2009: Spring 2010 Legal Fellowship, First Star. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 28, 2009: Spring 2010 Public Policy & Research Fellowship, First Star. Washington, D.C.
DECEMBER 31, 2009: PAID Spring 2010 Legal Internships, National Consumer Voice for Long-Term Quality Care. Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 1, 2010: Spring 2010 Transforming Cultures Project Internship, Worldwatch Institute. Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 1, 2010: PAID Summer Farm Interns, Daloz Farm CSA. Hancock, NH. $100 per week plus lodging and lunch.
JANUARY 1, 2010: Summer Clerk Program, Environmental Defense Center, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura, CA. Help with free housing and public interest funding available.
JANUARY 1, 2010: Spring 2010 Law Clerk, Earthjustice, Denver, CO:
JANUARY 1, 2010: Summer Clerk Program, Environmental Defense Center, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura, CA. Help with free housing and public interest funding available:
JANUARY 1, 2010: Spring 2010 Law Clerk, Earthjustice, Denver, CO:
JANUARY 2, 2010: Campaign Internship, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. San Francisco, CA.
JANUARY 4, 2010: Spring 2010 Court Program Internship, Northern Virginia Mediation Service. Fairfax, VA.
JANUARY 9, 2010: PAID Summer Legal Internship for 1Ls and 2Ls, National Legal Department, American Civil Liberties Union. New York, NY.
JANUARY 11, 2010: PAID Americorps Conservation Internship. White Salmon, WA.
JANUARY 11, 2010: PAID Americorps Environmental Education Coordinator. Burbank, WA.
JANUARY 13, 2010: Community Outreach Internship, Sierra Club. Rocky Mountain Chapter. Denver, CO.
JANUARY 15, 2010: Summer Legal Intern — 1L, Natural Resources Defense Council. Several locations (you designate in application): Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; and New York, NY.
JANUARY 23, 2010: Spring 2010 Internships, World Wildlife Fund. Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 30, 2010: 2010 Florida Environmental Public Interest Summer Fellowships. The Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida State Bar is providing a $4,000 summer stipend for an 8-10 week summer internship at a public interest organization. Students must contact organizations for potential placement. Can be done in connection with a law school externship. Contact Professor Craig for a copy of the application.
JANUARY 30, 2010: NAACP Legal Defense Fund 2010 Summer Internship Program. New York, NY, or Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 31, 2010 (approx.): Summer Law Clerk, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 31, 2010: Institute for Humane Studies State Policy Internships. Placements available at 45 organizations in more than 30 states.
JANUARY 31, 2010: Institute for Human Studies Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program. Summer internships in federal policy. All placements are in Washington, D.C. Housing provided.
FEBRUARY 10, 2010: Summer 2010 Law Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union. Washington, D.C.
FEBRUARY 13, 2010 (but apply ASAP): 2010 Summer Intern Honors Program, EPA Region 6 Office of Regional Counsel. Dallas, TX. This is a great way to make contacts in the EPA, and Florida State University law students have been accepted! An e-mail with full details was sent Friday; e-mail Professor Craig if you need it again.
FEBRUARY 15, 2010: Summer Graduate Fellowships, Property and Environment Research Center. Stipends plus prizes for best paper for three months in residence at PERC, which is located in Bozeman, Montana. (Prof. Craig's comment: BEAUTIFUL place to spend the summer!)
FEBRUARY 15, 2010: Summer 2010 Legal Internship, Brennan Center for Justice. NYU School of Law. New York, NY.
FEBRUARY 27, 2010: Campaign Organizing Internship -- Food and Water Campaigns, Corporate Accountability International. Boston, MA.
MARCH 1, 2010: The Cato Institute Summer Internships. Washington, D.C.
MARCH 5, 2010: Disaster Law & Policy Internship/Externship, Disaster Accountability Project. Washington, D.C.
MARCH 1, 2010: Summer Legal Internship, Children's Rights. New York, NY.
MARCH 30, 2010: Air Pollution Internship, Earth Day Coalition. Cleveland, OH.
MARCH 31, 2010: Summer Internships, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Bonn, Germany.
APRIL 3, 2010: PAID Summer Washington Legislative Office Legal Internship, American Civil Liberties Union. Washington, D.C.
APRIL 9, 2010: World Forestry Institute International Fellowship Program. Based in Portland, OR.
APRIL 10, 2010: The Anheuser-Busch Norman Y. Mineta Summer Fellowship and The Robert E. Wone Summer Fellowship, Asian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund. For most-qualified summer fellowship applicants.
APRIL 13, 2010: Policy Internship, The Rodale Institute. Kutztown, PA.
APRIL 22, 2010: Foreclosure Prevention Internship, CAMBA. Brooklyn, NY.
MAY 1, 2010: Summer 2010 Legal Internship, The Center for HIV Law and Policy. New York, NY.
MAY 2, 2010: Summer 2010 Human Rights Internship, The Center for HIV Law and Policy. New York, NY.
MAY 4, 2010: Summer Research Assistant, Foundation for the Preservation of the American Family. Malibu, CA.
NOVEMBER 18, 2009: Center for Alcohol Policy's Second Annual Writing Competition. TOPIC: State Regulation of Alcohol is Important Because . . . 1st Prize: $5,000. 2nd Prize: $2,500. 3rd Prize: $1,000.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Writing Competition. $500 plus publication.
DECEMBER 1, 2009: National Native American Law Student Association Law Student Writing Competition. $2000 1st prize, $1000 2nd prize, $500 3rd prize. Last Year's Information:
DECEMBER 1, 2009: American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition. $1000.
DECEMBER 4, 2009: Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition. $2,000 plus publication. 35 pages maximum.
DECEMBER 4, 2009: ABA Health Law Section Student Writing Competition. $500 plus publication plus conference trip.
JANUARY 2010: ABA Antitrust Law Writing Competition. $2,000.
JANUARY 2010: Hofstra Law School Energy and the Environmental Student Writing Competition. $250. NOTE: One of our students won this last year!
JANUARY 2010: Epstein Baker Green Health Law Writing Competition. $4,000 1st prize, $2,000 2nd prize, $500 3rd prize.
JANUARY 2010: Indian Law Writing Competition. $1,000 1st prize plus publication, $500 2nd prize, $250 3rd prize. NOTE: One of our students placed second in this context last year!
JANUARY 2010: New York University Environmental Law Journal Essay Contest. $1000.
JANUARY 2010: Pacific Legal Foundation's Student Writing Competition. $5,000 1st prize, $3,000 2nd prize, $1,500 3rd prize. You must request a competition packet through their Web site.
JANUARY 2010: Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law. $3,000 1st prize, 2 2nd-place awards of $1,000 each.
JANUARY 2010: Larry M. Simonsmeier Award in Pharmacy Law. Honorarium plus conference.
JANUARY 4, 2010: 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition. 5000 first prize; 4 second prizes of $1500 each, PLUS all winners get an all-expenses-paid trip to the GRAMMY Awards. To have the rules sent to you, e-mail eli@grammy.com.
JANUARY 8, 2010: Mendes-Hershman Student Writing Contest, ABA Business Law Section. $2,500 1st prize, $1,000 2nd prize, $500 3rd prize, plus conference trips for all. 20-30 pages on a business law subject.
JANUARY 8, 2010: Mendes-Hershman Student Writing Contest. Business Law Section, American Bar Association. $2500 1st prize + trip. $1000 2nd prize + trip. $500 3rd prize + trip. 20-30 pages.
JANUARY 11, 2010: American College of Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition: The Letourneau Award ($1,000).
JANUARY 11, 2010: American College of Legal Medicine, Bioethics Student Writing Competition ($1000/$500/$250).
JANUARY 15, 2010: William Mitchell Journal of the National Security Forum Writing Competition. Publication. 15,000 words maximum.
JANUARY 15 2010: Ladas Memorial Award in Trademark Law. $2,000 plus conference.
JANUARY 15, 2010: 2010 People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Student Writing Competition. THEME: Equality and Justice in the Obama Era. 45-50 pages maximum. 1st Place: $1000 plus all expenses paid trip to conference. 2nd Prize: $500.
JANUARY 19, 2010: 2009-2010 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law (co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Jackson Lewis law firm). Topic: Papers may address any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration. Submissions must be the law student author's own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2009 semester. There are formatting guidelines that must be followed. For questions, contact Professor Martin H. Malin by email at mmalin@kentlaw.edu. Prizes: One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace Web site. (Electronic versions of winning papers will be required).
JANUARY 30, 2010 (Intent to Enter)/MARCH 2010 (entry): Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest. $5000 plus conference. 50 pages maximum on the topic of the contest.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010. Boston College's Liberty Mutual Prize. $5000 and publication. TOPIC: Insurance Law.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010: American Indian Law Review Writing Competition. 20-50 pages. First prize: $1000 plus publication. 2nd Prize: $500. 3rd Prize: $250.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010: Trandafar Business Writing Competition. $2000 plus publication.
FEBRUARY 12, 2010: Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. $1500. 25,000 words or less.
FEBRUARY 19, 2010. 2010 American Constitutional Society National Student Writing Competition. 1st Prize: $3000. Two runners up receive $1000.
FEBRUARY 19, 2010: Levit Essay Contest (Professional Responsibility). $5000 plus trip to Washington, D.C. Entrants must respond to the posted problem.
MARCH 1, 2010: ABA Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section Student Writing Competition. First place: $1500, free trip to the ABA Annual Meeting, and possible publication. Second place: $500 and possible publication.
MARCH 8, 2010: 2010 Embryo Law Essay Competition. 1st Prize: $2500. 2nd Prize: $1500. 3rd Prize: $1000. All entries must respond to the 2010 problem, available on the web site. Early entries (February 1) become eligible for an additional $500 award.
MARCH 15, 2010: 2010 Family Law Writing Competition, Hofstra University School of Law. 1st Prize: $500 + publication, and free conference registration in Denver, CO. Honorable Mention: $250.
UPDATED! MARCH 31, 2010: Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Writing Contest in Administrative Law. $500 plus all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. TOPIC: Discuss a problem or issue relating to presidential control of agency rulemaking. LENGTH: 12 pages.
APRIL 15, 2010: William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Award. $2500.
JUNE 1, 2010: 2010 Robert T. Matsui Writing Competition. $1500 and publication. Look at the bottom of the web page for the 2010 details.
JUNE 7, 2010: Dean Frank E. Maloney Memorial Writing Contest, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Florida State Bar. Any topic in environmental, land use, or zoning law. 50 pages maximum. $500 prize, plus paid attendance at the annual Section meeting in August. This competition is limited to students in Florida law schools, and our students have traditionally done quite well. Please see the announcement on Professor Craig's door for more details.
CONTINUOUS: StraightForward Media Law Scholarships. $500. On-line Application. 4 times a year.
NOVEMBER 2009: Parry Environmental Scholarship Announcement becomes available (due March 2010) ($1500):
NOVEMBER 30, 2009: American Bar Association/BarBri Bar Review Scholarships. These partial scholarships are only available to members of the ABA's Law Student Division (a good reason to join — it's cheap).
DECEMBER 2009: Google Policy Fellowships. Last year's fellowship was $7000 to support work in a summer externship:
DECEMBER 31, 2009: Institute for Humane Studies Humane Studies Fellowships. $2000 to $12,000 awards for summer research projects.
DECEMBER 31, 2009: Graduate Research Educational Fellowships, Global Change Education Program. Grants of about $19,000 per year for multiple years to support graduate student research.
DECEMBER 31, 2009/MARCH 31, 2010/JUNE 30, 2010/SEPTEMBER 30, 2010: Microscholarships. Two-sentence essay. $1000.
JANUARY 15, 2010: Public Interest Law Grants, Berkeley Law Foundation.
FEBRUARY 2, 2010: Institute for Humane Studies Summer Research Fellowships. $3000 for summer research projects, plus attendance at two seminars. The 2010 program is not yet posted, by you can sign up for an e-mail notification on the site.
APRIL 10, 2010: The AEF Bar Assistance Grant, Asian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund. Grant plus reduction of BarBri costs to $1500.