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Honors Attorney Fellowship
Applicant Qualifications
The United States Environmental Protection Agency's
New England Office seeks applications for its Honors
Attorney Fellowship only from:
- law students at accredited law schools or joint degree programs completing their degree work in the 2009/2010 academic year, and
- current judicial clerks recently graduated from accredited law schools.
The Fellowship begins in September, 2010, and the Fellow is expected to commit to a two-year term. A new Fellow will be hired each year---thus two Fellows serve concurrently. The application period has closed for the 2010 Fellowship.
Fellowship
Description
The US EPA New England Honors
Attorney Fellowship is designed for
applicants who are about to graduate from
law school or complete a judicial clerkship. Applicants must have a
strong interest in a career in environmental law
or in the public sector and academic credentials, experience, and other attributes that demonstrate a significant potential for success.
- The Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for entry-level law students or clerks to join an office dedicated to protecting public health and the environment in New England. The Region offers new attorneys significant responsibility, the opportunity to handle a complex caseload that includes counseling and enforcement work, and extensive training and mentoring from colleagues with regionally and nationally recognized expertise.
- The Region has innovative initiatives addressing environmental justice, brownfields redevelopment, and urban environmental issues, as well as programs to protect our air, water, and land.
- The Region's legal offices offer a diverse, supportive, and family-friendly work environment. The salary and comprehensive benefits will ordinarily be at the GS-11 level (currently starting at $61,425) or, in exceptional circumstances, may be at the GS-12 level (currently starting at $73,623).
The U.S. EPA New England Offices of Regional Counsel and Environmental Stewardship
Attorneys
in the Offices of Regional Counsel and Environmental Stewardship
provide legal advice to the approximately 700 employees of EPA New
England, which is the regional office of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The regional office works
with state, tribal, and local governments to implement
national environmental law. The Honors Attorney Fellow is a member
of the Office of Regional Counsel but will also undertake
approximately half of his/her work assignments in the Office of
Environmental Stewardship.
Examples of the type of work performed by lawyers in the Office of Regional Counsel include counseling to EPA staff on implementing programs under the major federal environmental statutes, advice to states on the adequacy of state environmental laws to support program authorization by EPA, and counseling on matters involving ethics, civil rights, personnel, and contracts. The work requires the interpretation of statutes and regulations in the context of environmental policy development. The Office of Regional Counsel employs about thirteen lawyers as well as support staff.
Lawyers in the Office of Environmental Stewardship handle civil
and criminal enforcement cases which the EPA brings against
individuals, corporations, and governmental entities. Cases may
proceed administratively or be referred to the Department of
Justice
and be heard in United States District Court. Enforcement attorneys
work closely with EPA inspectors, scientists, and engineers.
The
Office of Environmental Stewardship includes approximately thirty-five
attorneys, as well as inspectors and support staff.
Questions about the EPA New England Honors Attorney Fellowship should be directed to:
Sally Burt/Mail Code: RAA
US EPA New England
1 Congress Street/Suite 1100
Boston, MA 02114-2023
phone: 617-918-1090
Selected applicants will be invited for interviews, at the candidate's expense, in Boston in late October and November 2009. Each selected candidate must submit a writing sample and an official law school transcript copy prior to the interview; offers will generally be made in November or early December.
Honors Attorney Fellowship 2010 Brochure (PDF) (2 pp, 268K, about PDF)
EPA is an equal opportunity employer. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, marital or family status or other differences. EPA encourages people of color to apply.