NRDC is seeking a recent law school graduate to be a Frederick A.O. Schwarz Legal Fellow. This two-year position is available starting in September 2011. The Fellow will join a staff of lawyers, scientists, policy analysts, and support staff who work to protect public health and the environment through advocacy and education. He or she will work on federal litigation addressing a variety of significant environmental problems, including air and water pollution, other public health threats, threats to natural resources, and environmental injustices. NRDC represents both its own members and a range of outside clients, including neighborhood associations, regional grassroots organizations, and environmental, labor, and public health groups.

The Environmental Law and Policy Center (“ELPC”) seeks to hire a public interest attorney advocate who is a recent law school graduate for a one-year Environmental Attorney Fellow position in one of our Chicago, Des Moines or Minneapolis offices starting in Fall 2011. The Environmental Attorney Fellow will work on ELPC's environmental litigation and policy issues in the Midwest/Great Plains states and on related federal issues. The Fellow will begin with an orientation process in ELPC’s Chicago office. The Fellowship position is potentially renewable for a second year.

ELPC is the Midwest’s/Great Plains’ leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. ELPC's major program areas include: promoting clean energy development strategies that solve global warming problems and reduce environmental degradation by encouraging renewable energy development and energy efficiency alternatives to conventional power plants; promoting innovative transportation approaches that will lead to cleaner air and more jobs; and protecting and preserving critical natural resources and improving the quality of life in our communities.