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Internships
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| CRPE Interns at Mount Rushmore, South
Dakota, summer 2004 |
The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment accepts interns
throughout the school year and during the summer, in both our Delano
and San Francisco offices. We have 1-2 interns in Delano, and 3-4
interns in San Francisco, each summer. During the summer, we expect
a 10-week commitment for our rigorous internship program. Our interns
are involved in all aspects of our environmental justice work:
they do legal research and writing, as well as administrative advocacy;
draft and present testimony; and meet with clients. Internships
sometimes involve travel to our client communities within California,
but also sometimes farther afield; in previous summers, interns
have traveled to Alaska, Arizona, New Jersey and South Dakota to
meet with clients and work on our cases.
Interns in Delano get significantly more client contact. Summer
interns in San Francisco are expected to work in Delano at least
one week during the summer; CRPE provides housing
for this unique opportunity.
Qualifications
We are looking for smart, motivated, creative
law students with strong research and writing skills. Successful
applicants often – but not always – have experience
doing environmental justice work, have worked with poor people
and people of color, have a deep commitment to public interest
work as demonstrated in their previous employment, and speak Spanish.
The summer is the most competitive time for internships. In very
rare cases, we hire interns who are not law students.
Application procedure
To apply for an internship, send a resume,
a brief (<5 page) writing sample and a cover letter to:
Luke Cole
CRPE
450 Geary Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102
luke@igc.org
Please specify which office you are interested in interning with,
if you have a preference. CRPE generally does not pay its interns,
but works with them to secure funding through law school programs.
Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
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