Staff Attorney

Job Description
Type of Job: 
Full-Time
Main Areas of Responsibility: 

Staff Attorneys will provide legal support to one or more of Guardians’ four programs—Wildlife, Wild Rivers, Wild Places, and Climate & Energy—by litigating cases on behalf of the organization, evaluating proposed legal actions and strategies, contributing to legal strategy development, and providing training to program staff as needed. These are litigation positions.

Additional Areas of Responsibility: 

Develop and maintain relationships with outside counsel representing Guardians and work cooperatively as co-counsel with outside counsel. Willingness to travel around the United States for case-related matters. Guardians litigates in multiple western states including Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Montana, as well as in the District of Columbia.

Other Information/Requirements: 

Requirements include: Minimum of 5 years experience in litigation or a combination of litigation-adjacent experience such as administrative appeals/advocacy, record review, commenting on agency actions, or clerkship (environmental and natural resources experience preferred); Bar membership in at least one western state or District of Columbia. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/2AziPpq.

How to Apply: 

Applications should include, in a single pdf: cover letter explaining (1) why you want to work for Guardians; (2) which of Guardians’ four programs interests you the most and why, and (3) your preferred office location; resume; one legal writing sample that is predominantly your work; and contact for three professional references. Please submit applications electronically to: [email protected].

Contact Information
Name: 
Samantha Ruscavage-Barz
Agency/Organization: 
WildEarth Guardians
City: 
Santa Fe - NM
State: 
New Mexico
Zip/Postal Code: 
87501
Business Phone: 
(505) 401-4180
Email Address: 
[email protected]
www.wildearthguardians.org
Internal Info
Date to Post: 
Aug 3 2018
Date to Remove: 
Oct 23 2018

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