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Applicants Sought for 2019 Summer Internship in Environmental and/or Energy Law

  • 2/27/2019
  • Environmental and Energy Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association

PA Bar Association logoThe Environmental and Energy Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association is seeking applicants for a 2019 Summer Internship in Environmental and/or Energy Law. The Section will be awarding one or more law students a $10,000 stipend to allow for a pro bono summer internship in the field of environmental and/or energy law ("EEL").

The selected law student recipient(s) will be awarded $10,000.00 (paid in three installments) starting with commencement of the internship in support of an unpaid, pro bono project of the student's choosing in the field of EEL performed during an 8-week period in the summer of 2019.

First- or second-year law students or third-year night law students, who are residents of Pennsylvania or who indicate their intention to practice law in Pennsylvania, and who demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in the field of EEL, are eligible for consideration.

The pro bono project proposed by an applicant for the internship must be supported by a not-for-profit public interest or charitable organization, educational institution, and/or a local, state or federal government agency that agrees to provide oversight and supervision of the student and an attorney mentor to assist the student in completion of a project in the field of EEL.

Students applying must demonstrate that the organization or agency for which they are applying meets these criteria, that the organization or agency has an internship opportunity available, that the organization or agency will appropriately supervise the intern's work, and that the organization or agency would not otherwise provide a salary for the internship position.

Following completion of the internship, the student must prepare a 4-6 page report and evaluation of his or her internship experience. The report may be circulated to EELS section members and others. In addition, the student is eligible to be awarded a scholarship to attend the 2019 and 2020 Environmental Law Forums presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and, at the discretion of the Section Chair, will give a brief (less than 5 minute) presentation of his or her internship experience to the Section at the Annual Meeting and Dinner during the evening program of the 2020 Forum.

The application deadline is March 27, 2019 at 5:00 pm.

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