Spend Summer 2009 in Alaska!
Trustees for Alaska is offering environmental law internships to interested law students who have a demonstrated commitment to the public interest and the environment. Second and third-year law students with coursework in administrative and environmental law are preferred. Trustees for Alaska provides a full spectrum of public interest law experience to its interns, including research, writing, client contact, drafting legal documents, and public speaking on administrative law matters, depending on client and case needs. Commitment extends over ten weeks; start and end dates are negotiable. Internships are paid a modest hourly wage, but education makes up for low pay. Interns find their own housing, but Trustees for Alaska staff will provide leads on possible living arrangements.
Trustees for Alaska is a non-profit, public interest environmental law firm that has been providing legal services in Alaska for almost 35 years. Trustees for Alaska provides counsel to local, regional and national conservation organizations, Alaska Native villages and tribal councils, fishing organizations, and others in environmental and natural resource matters. Our work generally focuses on state and federal laws concerning oil and gas leasing, exploration and development, clean air and water, mining, marine and terrestrial conservation, energy, land use, public lands, forestry, and transportation.
If you are interested in an internship with Trustees for Alaska, please postmark your application no later than December 15, 2008, though earlier is better as we review applications as they arrive. Electronic applications are encouraged and may be sent to tshai@trustees.org. Please include a cover letter, resume, transcript, short writing sample, and reference list to Tamar Shai, Paralegal. Our snail mail address is: Trustees for Alaska, 1026 W. 4th Avenue, #201, Anchorage, AK 99501.