Internships

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 generally 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.

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, references, and a cover letter to:
Sofia Parino, Senior Attorney
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47 Kearny Street, Suite 804
San Francisco, CA 94108

Emailed applications preferred.  In your cover letter, please specify which office you are interested in interning with, if you have a preference.  For summer internships, please submit your application no later than the end of January.

-When emailing your resume and cover letter please include "Summer [or Fall or Spring] Internship" in the subject line.
-When possible, please save all your attachments with the following title:
             "lastname.firstintial.coverletter[or resume or references]"

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.

Summer 2008 Interns: Jessica Kim, Lars, Miranda Sachs, Oriana Sandoval, Tiffany Duong, Neema Trivedi	2009 Summer interns: Bottom from left: Josh Tosney, Lauren Richter (Staff), Chris Curran, Jessica DeCamilo,: Middle from left: Michelle Lee, Jilian Clearman, Alegria De la Cruz (Staff); Top from left: Stephanie Rudolph and Lea Francisco. (click for larger image)