Wildlife and Wildlands Program Attorney (Portland, Eugene)<\/a><\/p>\nWELC’s Summer Internship Program<\/h3>\n
The Western Environmental Law Center has a summer legal internship program open to law students from any school who will have completed their second year (2L) by the time of the internship. Interns assist attorneys with case development and strategy, conduct legal research, draft pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents. Interns are supervised by a local staff attorney. We provide assistance to selected applicants in finding free or inexpensive housing during the summer internship. We offer a flexible work schedule to allow for outdoor recreation and travel. Information about opportunities for summer 2027 internship positions will be available here in August 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Photo Credits” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font_size=”10″ header_font_size=”40px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” module_alignment=”center” header_font_size_last_edited=”off|phone” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]Photo by Michael Wilson
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WELC's Environmental Law Clinic<\/h3>\r\nSince 1976, the Western Environmental Law Center, through its relationship with the University of Oregon Law School, has provided law students with practical knowledge and hands-on experiential learning and training in public interest environmental law. WELC\u00a0gives students an opportunity to work on challenging legal issues requiring extensive research and writing and directly involve law students in meaningful, hands-on litigation and related efforts in support of public interest challenges to environmental issues.\r\n\r\nStudents work under the close supervision of a lead staff attorney and meaningfully contribute to investigations and claims brought under federal statutes and state laws. In addition to their involvement and training in legal strategies, students participate in administrative processes that advance environmental protections outside the courtroom - teaching students practical advocacy and negotiation, and that litigation is but a means to an end, and not the end itself.\r\n\r\nWELC\u00a0has trained more than\u00a0500 students, many of whom have gone on to make substantial contributions to the field of environmental law.\r\nWELC's Internship Program<\/h3>\r\nThe Western Environmental Law Center has a legal internship program open to 2L and 3L law students from any school. Interns assist attorneys with case development and strategy, conduct legal research, draft pleadings, briefs, and other legal documents. Interns are supervised by a local staff attorney. The internships are unfunded positions. We provide assistance to selected applicants seeking outside funding or law school credit and in finding free or inexpensive housing during\u00a0the internship. 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