Description:
Position Description:For the first time, A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy is hiring a Conservation Counsel to join us in achieving meaningful legal and policy reforms on cutting-edge environmental issues. This position will be a key part of A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's growing Conservation Law and Policy Center and will help us shape environmental law and conservation policy in favor of innovative, market-oriented solutions. The role will involve research to identify opportunities and obstacles to such solutions, drafting regulatory comments and amicus briefs, and strategic litigation. The conservation counsel will work closely with and report to the Vice President of Law and Policy.
Primary Responsibilities:
Legal and policy research (25%)
Regulatory policy (25%)
Amicus briefs (25%)
Strategic litigation (25%)
Skills and experience required:
Preferred Qualifications:
Travel Requirements:
Some regular travel by car and airplane is required
Working Conditions:
- Develop and publish cutting-edge legal scholarship on opportunities and obstacles to the use of property rights and incentives to advance conservation
- Promote A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's research and perspective to law audiences, including legal academia
- Conduct in-depth legal analysis to support A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's broader research and applied efforts
- Advise the policy team on the legal implications of proposed model legislation and other policy reforms
- Track the development of regulatory policy, including federal rulemaking
- Draft comments on proposed regulations
- Assist the policy team in representing A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy in the regulatory process, including meetings with federal agencies
- Track environmental and property-rights litigation concerning land, water, and wildlife
- Draft amicus briefs presenting A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's perspective and research in cases affecting property rights and conservation incentives
- Collaborate with outside partners to build support for A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's litigation and amicus projects
- Work with the Vice President of Law and Policy to identify issues that merit A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's direct engagement in litigation
- Engage with landowners and external partners to identify prospective clients and build public-interest cases advancing A Non-Partisan, Environmental Public Policy's approach to conservation
- Draft briefs and other litigation documents
Skills and experience required:
- A.J.D. from an accredited law school
- 0-5 years litigation experience
- Stellar writing skills
- The ability to translate complex legal issues for non-legal audiences
- Driven, self-motivated, and excited to take initiative
- Team player
- Flexible and highly adaptive
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in conservation, environmental, or property rights litigation
- Track record of producing impactful scholarship on environmental law or property rights
- Familiarity with WestLaw
- Admitted to practice law in Montana or eligible to obtain admission
Travel Requirements:
Some regular travel by car and airplane is required
Working Conditions:
- Business office environment with moderate noise
- Travel by car and plane is possible
- Will sit or stand at a desk
- Work on a computer, use a telephone, and other general office equipment
- Lift and carry up to 25 pounds