[Law-envtlcert] Summer and Fall internship/job opportunities

[James Parker-Flynn]

Hello Environmental Law Students,

Please see below about an exciting externship/internship opportunity with the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida, a nonprofit that “pursues legal means, including litigation, to protect and preserve these public lands and waters within the Public Trust.” It comes with a $2,000 stipend and is available this summer and fall. Application is made through our own FSU Law Externship Office.

Good luck!

James Parker-Flynn
Director of the Center for Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law
Florida State University College of Law
PUBLIC TRUST ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL INSTITUTE OF FLORIDA - JACKSONVILLE

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Semester Available: Summer, remote

Credits:  4

Positions Available: 3-5

Paid:  Yes, $2000 stipend

The primary focus of the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida is to use science-based legal action to protect the conservation lands, waters, wildlife, and natural resources of Northeast Florida.

Our nonprofit pursues legal means, including litigation, to protect and preserve these public lands and waters within the Public Trust. The "Public Trust Doctrine" is an ancient legal doctrine, codified in the Florida Constitution, which holds that public lands and waters are held in trust for the use of all people.

Externs would be working with the Public Trust on a few different matters that could include but may not be limited to: Assisting in bringing of Clean Water Act lawsuits to force polluters to comply with their permits and honor their responsibility to not degrade our waterways, including the St. Johns River; assisting in the development of a practical operations manual to bring successful Clean Water Act lawsuits; assisting in protecting Florida's trees and other issues related to protecting the scenic beauty of Florida; assisting with bringing administrative law actions to challenge sewage sludge land application permits; assisting in strengthening the regulation of septic tanks and sanitary sewer overflows; assisting in the promotion of new policies/laws that would assist in the implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) on Agricultural Land including reviewing policies related to Biosolids; and assisting in developing science-based legal action to help restore impaired waterways in Florida.

Externs/Interns will be eligible to receive a $2000 stipend per semester through the Bill Brinton Scholarship Fund. Bill Brinton was one of Northeast Florida’s most effective attorney-advocates for environmental protection and we offer this stipend to students in his honor.

Prerequisites:  1L curriculum. Students are not certified pursuant to the student practice rule.

Recommended Courses:  Administrative Law, Florida Administrative Law, Florida Water Law

Application & Selection Process:  A student should apply to the FSU Law Externship Office during the application period for the relevant semester.



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