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Registration for NELMCC 2025 is officially open through October 1, 2024.

• Registration is limited to the first 51 teams. One Team per school.
• Deadline to register is October 1 or until full.
• Each team must complete the online individual team member name registration form by October 26, 2024.
• The nonrefundable registration fee is $1,195 payable online by credit card or check payment.
• NELMCC office will notify team contact with Team Number when school is officially registered.
• The Problem will be distributed by email on or about October 3, 2024 to 1 Team Contact provided on the registration form.
• Late registrations will be considered if space allows.

This is a fellowship opportunity with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) funded by the NYU School of Law Energy and Environmental Impact Center. The work of the DPU takes place in a rapidly evolving energy landscape, with an emphasis on mitigating and adapting to climate change, while maintaining reliable, safe, and affordable energy supplies. The Legal Fellow will be part of a collaborative 10-person team that investigates distributed generation-related projects and proceedings before the DPU.  

The fellowship sponsors law school graduates from across the country to work full-time for 2 years at Public Utility Commissions across the country to advance power system resilience and accelerate affordable clean energy opportunities. Here is a link to the job description with details on how to apply: https://stateimpactcenter.org/about/fellows-program/apply-to-be-a-state-commission-fellow 

If applicants have any questions or if they would like to discuss this opportunity further, they can reach out to Jessica Bell (jessica.bell@nyu.edu).  

Owners Counsel of America, Inc. (OCA) is a non-profit association of attorneys who primarily represent property owners facing eminent domain. The mission of the organization is to advance the cause of property rights.  Members typically have substantial land use and trial experience.  

Toby Brigham founded OCA in 2000, and when he passed away, a scholarship was created in his honor to fund a 2L or 3L law student to attend the annual national ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Seminar and related OCA events.  Students have found the networking opportunity useful in obtaining positions post law school, and members have enjoyed introducing students to this field of law.

The application for a scholarship for next year’s conference, to be held in San Diego Jan 30-Feb 1, 2025, is now open.  Here is a link to the application.  Applications are due October 1, 2024.  Decisions are made by our Scholarship Committee.  Information on past recipients can be found here on our website.

FERC administrative law judges hire judicial clerks each year for 2 year clerkships. It is a great foot-in-the-door to the broader energy bar.  Applications for the 25-27 term are open through the end of this month on USA Jobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/786846000 . 

The National Sea Grant Law Center has opened a search for a second Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow. The job posting is available at this link, as well as access to the application portal.

The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to be a highly impactful organization that fulfills its mission with integrity and empathy.

Job title: Senior Program Officer, Conservation

In this position, as the Senior Program Officer, Conservation you will be charged with developing and implementing a major new grant portfolio to deliver funding to increase legal capacity to support the delivery of marine conservation. It offers an intellectually stimulating environment and the chance to contribute to far-reaching geographical and temporal impacts. This is truly a once-in-a-career opportunity to be on the ground floor of significant conservation initiatives, helping deliver a healthy global ocean teeming with life, and fostering resilience to climate change. This a remote/hybrid opportunity with team meetings from a location in or near Washington, DC. Evening and weekend work are occasionally required. Travel in the US (Chicago headquarters) approximately once a month for several days. Regular international travel. The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has retained ThinkingAhead Executive Search’s Nonprofit Division to serve as our recruiting partner.

See: https://pmangellfamfound.org/employment-opportunities/

To learn more: https://thinkingahead.com/job/373452/

The YOUTH COP is a free-of-charge, entirely virtual, three-day mock negotiation of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) open to students from all over the world. The aim is to train the new generation of climate negotiators, with a specific focus on university students from the Global South, least-developed countries, and small islands. 

The mock negotiation will take place in September 2024. The best-ranked team in the competition and the delegate awarded as best speaker will be sponsored to attend and present a panel – together with the YOUTH COP committee – the COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. All expenses will be covered (flight tickets from and to their country of residence, accommodation, and a per diem for general expenses) for a period, in November 2024, to be determined.

We invite teams of two students (undergrad, master, or PhD degree) from the same university to apply as participants by July 21st via the application form available at https://gogreen.sorbonne.ae/suad-youth-cop-registration/.

You can check a project brief of last year’s YOUTH COP attached to this e-mail, and stay updated with our progress and activities by following our social media accounts: @suadyouthcop on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, as well as visiting our website: https://gogreen.sorbonne.ae/activities/suad-youth-cop-2024/.

CEQ unexpectedly has an additional summer clerkship spot. Time is of the essence.

CEQ seeks highly motivated 2Ls, 3Ls, and recent graduates for full-time (preferred) or part-time fall, spring, and summer legal clerkships in CEQ’s Office of the General Counsel. Clerks provide critical research and writing assistance to both legal and policy staff on a variety of matters pertinent to CEQ’s functions. Through CEQ’s participation in policy processes across the Federal Government, clerks have the opportunity to perform diverse substantive legal work, which may include drafting memoranda on environmental, energy, natural resources, infrastructure, and general law issues; contributing to efforts to ensure that CEQ and the Federal Government meaningfully consult with Tribal Nations on issues affecting them; tracking Federal agency actions on environmental and infrastructure issues; attending interagency working group meetings; and assisting with responses to Freedom of Information Act requests and other inquiries regarding CEQ’s activities. They may also help advise CEQ’s policy teams on legal issues; analyze recent case law; and analyze significant draft regulations through CEQ’s participation in the interagency regulatory review process under Executive Order 12866.

Program Requirements: Applicants must be highly motivated, willing to contribute where needed, and able to exercise professional judgment and maturity. In addition, applicants must be U.S. citizens. Although there are no specific course prerequisites, CEQ generally prefers applicants who have completed courses in environmental or natural resources law, administrative law, or statutory interpretation, and whose work, volunteer, and other experience demonstrates a commitment to environment, energy, or natural resources issues. CEQ will work with students who seek school credit for their uncompensated service. Note: The White House has a zero-tolerance policy for drug use. Law clerks must take a drug test prior to beginning the clerkship. Failure to pass the drug test will result in immediate disqualification.

See the CEQ internship webpage for more information.

Miami Law is hiring an Environmental & Climate Law Fellow. It is a one-year position with the potential to renew for a second year. The ideal candidate will have some experience in environmental law and/or policy and an interest in both research and teaching. The fellow will co-teach a UN Climate Negotiations class (guiding a UM delegation to COP 29 for example), develop symposia, advise students, and related duties – but still leaving time for research and potentially developing a seminar in their second year. The position is anticipated to begin August 1, 2024, but there is some room for negotiation. This position is in-person on the beautiful Coral Gables campus.

Applications must be submitted through an online application portal.

Here’s a fellowship that might be of interest to current or former students: the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just announced the host institutions and project descriptions for the 2024/2024 Clean Energy Innovators Fellowship (https://orise.orau.gov/CEIF/hosts/default.html). The application period is open now until May 3rd.  

The fellowship sponsors individuals to work full-time for 1-2 years at Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices across the country to advance power system resilience and accelerate affordable clean energy opportunities.

If applicants have any questions, they can contact the CEIF Program at CEIF@ee.doe.gov.