Spring Legal Internship
EarthRights International
internship
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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Entry Level
About the role
- Provide legal research, writing, and program support for ERI activities all over the world.
- Participate in various projects associated with many of our cases, including legal research, writing and assistance in all phases of litigation.
- Contribute to other legal work including development of new cases, monitoring and exploring developments in human rights and environmental law, researching and utilizing other mechanisms of corporate accountability.
- Help to coordinate with and assist other groups bringing domestic or international cases.
- Fully integrated into ERI’s U.S. legal team and may work with any of ERI’s attorneys and other staff in advocacy and communications programs.
Requirements
- This internship is only available to law students who can receive course credit for their internship from their law school.
- A demonstrated commitment to using the U.S. legal system to serve vulnerable communities and/or protect human rights and the environment
- Independent and creative thinking skills
- Excellent legal research and writing skills
- Ability to responsibly handle client, partner, and colleague relationships and protect the confidentiality of our work and our communications
- Proficiency in languages other than English; Spanish fluency is highly desired
- Experience in fields related to issues of human rights, environmental protection and indigenous peoples, including regional studies, development, environmental sciences, or others
- Strong interpersonal skills, cultural competency skills, and ability to work in teams
- Experience or interest in working with people from diverse cultures
- A positive attitude
Benefits
- Unpaid internship
- Arranging course credit or a stipend through your school
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
legal researchlegal writinglitigation assistancecorporate accountability mechanismsenvironmental lawhuman rights lawproficiency in Spanish
Soft skills
independent thinkingcreative thinkinginterpersonal skillscultural competencyteamworkpositive attitude
Certifications
law student