Legal Intern

Legal Intern wanted to help save the planet!

We’re looking for a legal intern to support the legal team’s work, from strategic climate
change litigation to defending community access to environmental justice, and much more in
between.

Friends of the Earth’s legal team is one of the most exciting places to campaign for
environmental justice. 

The legal team work on solving the major environmental problems of our time and building the
movement for positive change. We need a capable and committed person to join our team and help
us do this. 

Job purpose:

Working closely with our lawyers you will have a hands-on role in supporting Friends of the
Earth’s campaigns. You will join meetings, conduct research, help to prepare legal documents,
participate in our campaigning in action, and get to know what makes a campaigning
environmental NGO tick. 

Possessing a degree in Law or equivalent qualification (i.e. law conversion course or joint law
degree) with a 2:1 grade or above, you will have good knowledge of public, retained EU law,
environmental and/or planning law and will have experience of undertaking detailed legal
research and analysis.

This internship is an excellent opportunity to gain entry level legal and campaigning
experience and skills.

If you have finished the academic component of your legal studies and are passionate about
using the law to protect community rights and the environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Phil Michaels Legal Interns Scholarship Fund:

This role is funded by the Phil Michaels Legal Interns Scholarship, it provides paid
internships for aspiring environmental lawyers. For more information about the Phil Michaels
Scholarship please click here.

Closing date: 16/07/2024 (23:59)

Contract: 12 months fixed term contract, relating to external funding

Location: London, 2 days per week on average in London Office (Stockwell)

Hours/Day per week (FTE): 30 hours (Full-time), Mon-Thurs

Interview date: Week commencing 5th August 2024

Start date: 23rd September 2024

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week
with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant
organisational culture.

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and
people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic
barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in,
and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at
multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard
and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and meet the
essential criteria for the role.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world
and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and
drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

Please note that this is an entry level position and therefore we cannot accept
applications from UK qualified lawyers or overseas qualified lawyers. The successful candidate
will need to be domiciled in the UK.

Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application
System.