California Water Project - Law Internship

Law Clerkship - California Water Project, Berkeley, CA

Part-time spring or fall semester or full-time summer (position is filled for summer 2009) law clerkships are available to law students with Trout Unlimited's California Water Project in Berkeley, CA. TU's California Water Project works to reform state water law, maintain and restore stream flows for healthy coldwater fisheries, and increase meaningful public participation in decisions regarding water allocation. The law clerk will provide assistance to one or two attorneys working on state water law or stream flow matters, cooperative projects with water users, litigation, or hydropower relicensing.

Qualifications: excellent research, writing and communications skills; ability to work in small-office and to multi-task; creativity and self-starting personality; interest in water law, administrative law or environmental law; a dedication to conservation. 

Summer 2009 position is filled. Now accepting applications for Fall 2009.

To apply, please e-mail a letter of interest, resume, references, and writing sample to:

Brian J. Johnson
Director, California Water Project; TU Staff Attorney
Trout Unlimited
1808B 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
bjohnson@tu.org