UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INTERNSHIP GUIDE

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1 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INTERNSHIP GUIDE

2 TEXAS: GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL LEGAL DEPARTMENTS City of Austin Law Department summer, 10 week summer (rising 3L only); semester (2L, 3L) paid summer; unpaid semester Open to: 2L, 3L Website: Mr. Stuart Reilly Assistant City Attorney 301 W.2nd Street Austin, TX City of Houston Legal Department Location: Houston, TX Open to: Website: Mr. Roosevelt Wright P.O. Box 368 Houston, TX Dallas City Attorney s Office Location: Dallas, TX Open to: Website: San Antonio City Attorney s Office Location: San Antonio, TX More information: 2

3 Travis County Attorney s Office More information: Lavaca St. Suite 420 Austin, TX (512) RIVER AUTHORITIES Brazos River Authority Location: Waco, TX More information: Edwards Aquifer Authority Location: San Antonio, TX ~$14/hour Website: Raquel Garza, Director rgarza@edwardsaquifer.org ext. 137 Margaret Ross, HR Associate mross@edwardsaquifer.org ext. 110 Guadalupe Blanco River Authority *not currently offered but may consider unpaid/credit available Location: Seguin, TX More information: Lower Colorado River Authority summer/fall; spring/summer $15/hour or class credit 3

4 More information: Shawn L. Cossart Office Manager, Legal Services Lower Colorado River Authority (512) Trinity River Authority Location: Arlington, TX summer unpaid; credit available More information: Howard Slobodin TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE House Natural Resources Committee summer, semester unpaid but credit available More information: Elizabeth A. Fazio, J.D., LL.M. Committee Director/ Chief Clerk Texas House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources P.O. Box 2910, E2.104 Austin, Texas (512) phone (512) fax Senate Natural Resources Committee January May (some flexibility on dates) during the Legislative session unpaid but credit available More information: Apply in November or December prior to the calendar year of the Legislative session in which you wish to work. Tara Rejino, Representative Lon Burnam s Office, Energy and Environment Law Internship 4

5 semester paid More information: Conor Kenny TEXAS STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas, Environmental Protection Division summer, 6 or more weeks unpaid Open to: 1L, 2L, 3L Website: Ms. Loretta Aranda Litigation Training and Recruitment Coordinator 300 West 15th Street - 2nd floor Austin, TX Railroad Commission of Texas - Office of the General Counsel unpaid More information: The Railroad Commission also participates in the Public Service Career Fair in February. Apply through jobs page (link above) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Environmental Law Division (Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program) summer (May August) $15.75/hour More information: Juanita Baldwin, PHR Recruitment and Internship Coordinator phone fax juanita.baldwin@tceq.texas.gov Texas General Land Office - Legal Services Division 6 week summer; semester 5

6 summer (paid), semester (unpaid but credit available) More information: Shanna Starkey, (512) Apply during OCI for summer or look for postings on Simplicity for semester opportunities. Texas Parks and Wildlife varies More information: Joe Beach (512) Texas Public Utilities Commission through one of two programs listed below unpaid; credit available More information: PROGRAM ONE: The University of Texas School of Law Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Career Launch Program. The program pays a stipend at various times during the year to make it financially possible for recent graduates of the UT School of Law to obtain legal work experience in unpaid internships while they are awaiting bar results. Interested candidates should contact Human Resources directly to send their resume to PUC: Public Utility Commission of Texas Attention: Human Resources PUC Mail Room, Room (8th Floor) 1701 N. Congress Ave, PO Box Austin, TX recruiter@puc.texas.gov PROGRAM TWO: The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) provides assistance to the Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association (CFEBA) to identify host U.S. public service commissions for summer intern placements of law students funded by the CFEBA. More info on the program: ehammel@naruc.org Application deadline 12/31. Texas Rural Water Association Not offered Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) 6

7 summer (paid through Mickey Leland Internship Fund); semester (unpaid) varies More information: Chris Adams, HR Director (512) (human resources), The State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section summer, 6 weeks paid More information: c/o Kristen Fancher Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle Townsend, PC 816 Congress Avenue Suite 1900 Austin, TX (512) FAX kfancher@lglawfirm.com FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN TEXAS Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Region 6 Office of Regional Counsel Location: Dallas, TX summer, 5/20 8/2 unpaid More information: Ellen Chang-Vaughan (6RC-EW) Office of Regional Counsel U.S. EPA Region Ross Avenue Dallas, TX chang-vaughan.ellen@epa.gov Fax (214) Phone (214) TEXAS: NONPROFIT Air Alliance Houston Location: Houston summer (Houston), semester (remotely) unpaid but credit possible 7

8 More information: (713) EarthShare of Texas Not currently offered Environmental Defense Fund Texas paid More information: apply online Environmental Integrity Project & Washington, D.C. unpaid/paid/credit available More information: (512) To apply: Hill Country Alliance Not currently offered National Wildlife Federation Texas Office varies More information: Living-Waters.aspx Michelle Rumohr, (512) , Paid internships are handled through the national system: Help/Jobs-at-NWF/Search-Openings.aspx. Local, unpaid positions are through the Texas Living Waters Program. Public Citizen Texas Office summer, semester unpaid but credit available More information: (512) , Kaiba White, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter summer, semester varies 8

9 More information: apply through Sierra Club national but specify you are interested in a position in Texas or call the Texas chapter for more information. (512) (Texas office) Nicholas Life Nicholas.life@sierraclub.org (415) Save Our Springs summer, semester varies; credit available More information: Bill Bunch, Executive Director, bill@sosalliance.org or Adam Abrams, Staff Attorney, adam@sosalliance.org, (512) Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) Not currently offered Texas Center for Policy Studies unpaid; credit available More information: Richard Lowerre (512) rl@lf-lawfirm.com Texas Conservation Alliance Not currently offered Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) varies More information: TRLA also participates in the Public Service Career Fair in February. (512) University of Texas at Austin School of Law - Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law paid More information: 9

10 Gena Dawson Special Assistant to the Director TEXAS: LAW FIRMS Andrews Kurth LLP Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston second half summer only $3,077/week More information: Ms. Ali Montgomery Recruiting Manager 600 Travis Street, Suite 4200 Houston, TX Baker Botts LLP Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston first half summer only $3,077/week More information: (differs for each office) Blackburn & Carter Location: Houston varies varies More information: Charles Irvine, (713) Internship opportunities vary; contact Mr. Irvine for more information Bracewell & Giuliani Location: Austin, Houston second half summer only $3,077/week More information: Megan Schuler 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300 Houston, TX Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston summer $3,077 More information: 10

11 Joyce Schroeder Recruiting and Professional Development Coordinator 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000 Dallas, TX Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Location: Dallas first half summer only More information: Overview.aspx Elaine Kent Recruiting Coordinator 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX Haynes & Boone Location: Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, San Antonio First half preferred; 6-10 weeks depending on office $3,077/week More information: Mrs. Amanda Kelly Manager of Attorney Recruitment 2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700 Dallas, TX Jackson Walker LLP Location: Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo first half summer $3,077/week More information: Meghan Miller Austin Recruiting Coordinator 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1100 Austin, TX Kelly, Hart & Hallman Location: Austin, Fort Worth first half summer only 6 weeks $2,500/week More information: 11

12 Sara Anstoetter Recruiting Coordinator 201 Main St., Suite 2500 Fort Worth, TX King & Spalding Location: Houston Flexible $3,100/week More information: Ms. Tricia M Jackson Recruiting Assistant 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000 Houston, TX Latham & Watkins Location: Houston 10-week summer $3,080/week More information: Alexa B. Reyes Global Recruiting Coordinator High Bluff Drive, Suite 400 San Diego, CA Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. competitive More information: Ms. Stefanie Albright 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 Austin, TX Locke Lord LLP Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston Dallas: first half summer only; Houston & Austin: second half summer only $3,076/week More information: Katie Latimer 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite

13 Dallas, TX Lowerre Frederick Perales Allmon & Rockwell Location: Austin More information: (512) Norton Rose Fulbright Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio first half summer only $3,077 More information: Meg Greenwood Recruiting Coordinator 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, TX Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Location: Houston second half summer only $3,077 More information: Kathryn M. Smith Recruiting Coordinator 2 Houston Center 909 Fannin, Suite 2000 Houston, TX Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Location: Houston summer $3,100/week More information: Ali-Shaun P. Sugalski Attorney Recruiting & Training Coordinator 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6800 Houston, TX Sidley Austin 13

14 Location: Dallas, Houston summer $3,100/week More information: Megan Moyer Legal Recruiting Coordinator 717 North Harwood, Suite 3400 Dallas, TX Thompson & Knight Location: Dallas, Houston 6-8 week first half summer only $3,080/week More information: Lauren Shipley Recruiting Manager One Arts Plaza 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX Vinson & Elkins, LLP Location: Austin, Dallas, Houston first half summer only $3,077/week More information: Mrs. Gretchen Rollins National Attorney Recruitment Manager Trammell Crow Center 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 Dallas, TX Watt Beckworth Location: Houston More information: NATIONAL: GOVERNMENT Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor Location: nationwide fall, spring, summer 14

15 unpaid More information: Kimberly Benton, (202) Lori Jarman, (202) Applications to: Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division Location: Washington, D.C. fall, spring, summer unpaid More information: y13version.pdf Betsy Preston Special Assistant to the Executive Officer/Program Analyst P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC United States Environmental Protection Agency Location: nationwide fall, spring, summer unpaid More information: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of General Counsel Location: nationwide fall, spring, summer unpaid but credit available More information: Richard Mannix cc to: United States Marine Mammal Commission Location: More information: NATIONAL: NONPROFIT 15

16 Defenders of Wildlife Location: Washington, DC More information: Human Resources Earthjustice Location: worldwide stipend More information: Administrator 705 Second Ave., Suite 203 Seattle, WA United States Environmental Defense Fund Location: nationwide paid More information: apply online Environmental Integrity Project Location: Washington, D.C. paid or for class credit More information: [Fall Externship] Position Environmental Integrity Project One Thomas Circle, Suite 900 Washington, D.C Greenpeace Location: nationwide More information: 16

17 Humane Society of the United States Location: Washington, D.C More information: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Location: Washington, D.C. summer More information: National Wildlife Federation Location: nationwide More information: Openings.aspx Nature Conservancy Location: nationwide More information: Public Citizen Location: Washington, D.C. unpaid but credit available More information: Sierra Club Location: San Francisco, CA: Washington, D.C. More information: Nicholas Life 17

18 (415) Surfrider Foundation Location: nationwide summer $3,500 stipend More information: Ms. Angela T. Howe Litigation Manager P.O. Box 6010 San Clemente, CA World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Location: worldwide varies More information: 18