Climate Law Jobs
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The goal of this website is to make it easy to find environmental, sustainability, and climate change law jobs and legal resources. This website is a service of Green Jobs Network, which has been connecting job seekers to opportunities since 2008.
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Featured Jobs
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Climate Jobs National Resource Center
Remote
State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (NYU School of Law)
New York, NY
Western Resource Advocates
Remote / Hybrid / Multiple locations
Deputy General Counsel - South Carolina
Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association
Remote / Hybrid / South Carolina
Environmental Justice Fellowship
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Deadline December 2, 2024
Environmental Justice Lab Director
NYU School of Law
New York, NY
Assistant Attorney General (Environmental Law) – U.S. Virgin Islands
State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (NYU School of Law)
U.S. Virgin Islands
Southern Environmental Law Center
Chapel Hill, NC; Charleston, SC; and Charlottesville, VA
DC Attorney General's Office, Housing and Environmental Justice Section
Washington, DC. Deadline September 12, 2024.
Internships & Fellowships
Below are a number of law-related internships and fellowships.
- Legal Intern (Summer 2025), Bay Area Air Quality Management District (SF Bay Area)
- Public Policy & Human Rights Intern, Yahoo (Remote)
- Summer 2025 Intern - Office of Ethical and Humane Use Policy, Salesforce (Multiple locations)
- Climate Law Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (New York, NY)
- Environmental Justice Law Fellowship, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Legal Fellow, Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund (Remote / Multiple locations)
- Legal Fellow, US Clean Energy, Environmental Defense Fund (Remote)
- Legal Fellow, State Energy and Environmental Impact Center, NYU School of Law) (New York, NY)
Climate Law Job Board
Below is a collection of climate and sustainability legal jobs from Climate Change Jobs, a job board operated by GJN.
Climate Legal Career Resources
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Searchable database of U.S. cases
Searchable database of cases (except for U.S.)
Case summaries and commentaries on youth climate litigation cases. A service of ClimaTalk.
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