Legal Intern, Spring 2027

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🕒 August 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $2.6k / month

👨‍🎓 Internship

⚪️ Entry-level

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1989

🤝 Non-profit

⚖️ Legal

Non-profit • Legal

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is an international non-profit public-interest law organization that uses legal research, litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic communications to defend the right to a healthy environment and hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental and human rights harms. CIEL’s work focuses on climate change, corporate accountability, extractive industries and finance, forests, plastics and toxics, trade impacts, and the intersection of human rights and environmental law — producing reports, legal analyses, and advocacy (e. g. , reports on government knowledge of climate change, bank financing of petrochemicals, analyses of geoengineering and plastics treaty negotiations, and engagement with international courts and UN processes).

📋 Description

• Research and write about domestic and international law, including environmental and human rights law, international investment law, and international trade law and policy • Assist with policy analysis and advocacy • Attend meetings and conferences • Assist with producing CIEL publications, legal opinions, and legal briefs • Support preparation of amicus curiae before international tribunals • Work closely with CIEL staff on various projects • Develop skills in international environmental law and legal strategies protecting human rights and the environment under supervision from staff experts and attorneys

🎯 Requirements

• Must be enrolled in a course of study leading to a postgraduate law degree (JD, LLM) or similar professional qualification for the duration of the internship • Recent graduates cannot be accepted • Some experience with international environmental or human rights law through graduate-level courses or work experience • Willingness to make a ten-week commitment of 15 hours/week • Submit a cover letter, resume, and writing sample • Must carry out the internship while physically residing in the United States • CIEL cannot sponsor visas; non-US citizens must be currently enrolled students in the US and undertake the internship under a university-sponsored student visa

🏖️ Benefits

• Monthly stipend of $2,600 for a full-time internship in Washington, DC, prorated for less-than-full-time internships

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