NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations.
Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.
NRDC is seeking a Legal Fellow to work with the Oceans team in our New York, Washington, D.C., or San Francisco office for a two-year term.
The position you are applying for is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).
Responsibilities
The Oceans Legal Fellow will support NRDC’s oceans-related federal litigation and regulatory advocacy, including helping to stop harmful industrial activities in the ocean, prevent rollbacks of marine protected areas and fisheries regulations, protect ocean wildlife, and defend against weakening of ocean conservation laws. The Fellow will join a team of experienced ocean conservation advocates and litigators as well as have the opportunity to collaborate with teams across NRDC, including with experienced attorneys in the NRDC’s Litigation Program and expert communications and campaign staff.