Two-Year Senior Counsel, Appellate Enforcement

Special Counsel Position at Earthjustice Earthjustice seeks a Special Counsel to join our Enforcement Team to focus on legal issues that arise in the context of Earthjustice's citizen suit practice. Earthjustice brings such suits under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and other federal environmental statutes. Our partner organizations also bring these suits, in many different courts around the country. These suits increasingly implicate legal issues that present appellate risk, including standing, remedies, and executive branch power. Counsel for polluting defendants are demonstrating a new willingness to raise arguments that request profound shifts in legal doctrine. The position sits within the Enforcement team and reports to its Director. The work will typically involve issues and priorities that Director identifies in collaboration with the Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy. The work will include tracking citizen suits broadly, identifying high-risk arguments or cases, and assisting other environmental NGOs that are considering or actively litigating citizen suits. The work will be fast-paced and cutting-edge and can range from counseling, in-depth research, developing and filing amicus briefs, and litigating cases. This is a two-year term position. Extensions of six months are possible by mutual agreement. Candidates must be willing to work a hybrid in-office schedule from one of Earthjustice's fifteen offices.