Position overview
Position title: Emmett Institute Fellowship in Environmental Law and Policy 2024-2026
Salary range: The salary is anticipated to be approximately $87,000 per year plus a competitive benefits package.
UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is now accepting applications for the UCLA Emmett/Frankel Fellowship in Environmental Law and Policy for the academic years 2024-2026. This fellowship is a full-time, two-year academic position beginning in the summer of 2024. The position involves research and writing in the law and policy of climate change and the environment; teaching; and assisting with Institute projects such as conferences and workshops.
The Emmett Institute is among the leading environmental law programs in the country, with faculty members renowned for their public service, teaching excellence, and scholarship in state, federal, and international law. The Emmett Institute educates future leaders and develops solutions to urgent environmental and environmental justice challenges. Through groundbreaking research and public interest initiatives, the Emmett Institute helps shape climate change and environmental law and policy in California, the United States, and jurisdictions around the world.
Fellows work on issues relating to environmental law and policy and will generate policy-oriented publications and other products for the Institute, in collaboration with other UCLA Law faculty. Fellows typically work on projects related to climate change, natural resource conservation, environmental justice, pollution control, land use, international environmental governance, and other topics related to environmental law and policy. Fellows also assist the Institute’s directors with projects that advance the Institute’s work, including by organizing conferences, workshops, public education and outreach efforts, and other events. In addition to these responsibilities, which will continue year-round, Fellows sometimes take on teaching responsibilities.
Candidates should possess a J.D. earned within the past several years or expected before June 30, 2024; a strong academic record; excellent analytical and writing skills; and demonstrated interest and background in environmental or energy law and policy. Previous experience in law practice or clinical instruction is helpful but not necessary. Scientific, technical, or economic skills related to public policy analysis are helpful but not necessary qualifications. The salary is anticipated to be approximately $87,000 per year plus a competitive benefits package. UCLA School of Law has a special interest in enriching its intellectual environment through further diversifying the range of perspectives represented within the faculty.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications(required at time of application)
J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
Application Requirements
Document requirements
- Cover Letter – A letter discussing your interest, qualifications and/or experience.
- Resume – Your most recently updated resume.
- Transcript – A transcript of studies in law school.
- Writing Sample – A writing sample of no more than ten pages.
- List of References – Names and contact information of at least three professional references.
Reference requirements
- 3-5 required (contact information only)
Names and contact information of at least three professional references.
Apply link:https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08901
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