Externships

During an environmental externship, second- and third-year J.D. students earn a summer or a full semester of academic credit by working full time for a law firm, government agency, legislative body, or public interest organization, jointly supervised by a practitioner and a faculty member. Placement opportunities exist across the country and throughout the world. Through the practical experience gained and contacts developed during the externship, many externs receive valuable leads for postgraduate employment.

Law student Peter Kim (left in photo, with Professor Chris Wold and Tanzanian lawyer Vincent Shauri) spent an unforgettable externship semester in Africa.

Representative Externship Placements

This is a partial list of environmental and natural resources externships created by our students and faculty.

• Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Seattle, Washington
• Earthjustice/Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; Bozeman, Montana; Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington
• Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
• State of Hawaii Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, Texas
• Australia Centre for Environmental Law, Adelaide, Australia
• U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section Washington, D.C.
• Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, D.C.
• Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. and regional offices
• National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Portland, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska
• Trust for Public Land, Portland, Oregon
• Governor's Office, Portland, Oregon
• Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
• NOAA, Office of Regional Counsel, Seattle, Washington; Juneau, Alaska
• St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Hogansburg, New York
• The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California
• Mitchell Lang & Smith, Portland, Oregon
• Fairfield & Woods, Denver, Colorado
• U.S. District Court, Portland, Oregon
• U.S. Senator Paul Simon, Washington, D.C.
• Royce Swanson, Portland, Oregon
• Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Portland, Oregon
• Oregon Attorney General's Office, Natural Resources Section, Salem, Oregon
• Natural Resources Defense Counsel, Washington, D.C.; Denver, Colorado
• Tribal Attorney Office, Fort Hall, Idaho
• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, Oregon
• East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Bonneville Power Administration, General Counsel, Portland, Oregon
• U.S. Department of Justice, Natural Resources Section, Washington, D.C.
• Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C.; Boulder, Colorado; Anchorage, Alaska
• 1000 Friends of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Preston Thorgrimson, Washington, D.C.
• Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C.
• Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Solicitor, Washington, D.C.
• Metro Regional Government, Portland, Oregon
• Lawyers Environmental Action Team, Tanzania

More information about externships at Lewis & Clark