NRDC is seeking an Urban Water Intern to work with the Water team in our Santa Monica office. This intern may participate in writing briefs, drafting complaints, preparing legal analyses, investigating violations of environmental laws, and drafting white papers and comments for submission to administrative agencies. NRDC hires passionate students who possess the intelligence, skill, self-confidence, and maturity to take on substantial responsibility. Our interns play an active role on the frontlines of the environmental movement. Over the course of a summer, an NRDC intern will typically work on a variety of projects and amass experience that he or she could not obtain anywhere else.
This is a full-time, paid internship for a 10-12 week summer term.
Research legal, factual and policy issues relevant to NRDC’s water work in the Los Angeles region:
- Draft, proofread, and edit documents (e.g., research memoranda, policy reports)
- Assist water attorneys with various projects related to stormwater enforcement and drinking water issues.
- Contribute 40 hours a week for a 10-12 week summer term.
- Outstanding academic record;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work hard, efficiently, and independently.
- Ability to represent NRDC with maturity, judgment and professionalism.
- Comfort interpreting scientific and technical concepts.
- Demonstrated interest in public service or social justice work.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a member of a team to build upon strengths of the program.