Spring 2027 Policy & Legislation Internship – Washington, DC

Social Impact Guide; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 4,053,000 - 6,483,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Earthjustice’s Policy & Legislation (PAL) department in Washington, DC is accepting applications for a part-time internship for spring 2027. We seek undergraduates who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment.

This paid internship requires a hybrid schedule at our DC office and 15–20 hours per week for 10–12 weeks. You will research federal policy issues, prepare briefing materials, and help with events and outreach.

Qualifications

• Junior or senior in a college/university in spring 2027.
• Strong writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience with online research and MS Office programs.
• Team-oriented with ability to drive projects to completion.
• Willingness to learn new skills and topics.
• Strong interest in environmental and/or social justice issues and policy.
• Commitment to Earthjustice’s values: Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, Partnership.
• Commit to 15-20 hours/week for 10-12 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Research and track issues relevant to PAL needs, including committees and hearings.
• Draft and disseminate information to audiences, e.g., fact sheets and policy documents.
• Help with event preparation for PAL-sponsored activities, such as congressional briefings and advocacy fly-ins.

Skills

Writing skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Team player

Willingness to learn

Interest in environmental justice

Education

Undergraduate student (junior or senior)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Policy and Legislation

Washington, DC

Earthjustice is the nation's leading environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. We are here because the Earth needs a good lawyer.

Driven by a passion for justice, inclusion, partnership, and excellence, our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected.

Earthjustice’s Policy & Legislation (“PAL”) department is accepting applications for one part-time intern for spring 2027. We are seeking undergraduate students who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. This is a paid position, and the successful candidate must work a hybrid schedule from our Washington, DC office.

PAL works to protect our courtroom victories from efforts to undo them in Congress and defend and strengthen the same environmental laws Earthjustice enforces in the courtroom. The intern will learn how a non-profit environmental organization weighs in on environmental policy at the federal level and gain considerable insight into congressional procedures, the policy process, environmental nonprofit lobbying and advocacy strategizing, coalition building, and associated communications and outreach.

What You’ll Do

• Research and track issues relevant to the needs of the PAL team and the intern’s interests, including by monitoring appropriate Senate and House Committees, taking notes at virtual and in-person Congressional hearings, coalition meetings, and department meetings, and following executive branch actions on issues of interest to PAL.
• Draft and disseminate information to various target audiences, such as making phone calls to Congressional and agency offices, drafting fact sheets and policy documents, sending out email blasts.
• Help with the preparation for events sponsored by PAL, such as Congressional briefings and advocate fly-ins to DC

Please note that the above serves as a guideline and that other duties may be assigned as part of the job’s requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• Will be enrolled in a college/university program as a junior or senior during spring 2027.
• Possess excellent writing, organizational, and communication skills.
• Have working knowledge of online research and MS Office programs.
• Work effectively on a team and be able to drive projects to completion.
• Be willing and able to learn new skills and subject areas.
• Possess a strong interest in environmental and/or social justice issues, Congress, politics and the policymaking process.
• Demonstrated commitment to Earthjustice’s values of Justice, Excellence, Inclusion, and Partnership.
• Must commit to 15-20 hours/week for 10-12 weeks.

Compensation:

Interns at Earthjustice receive an hourly rate that is considered taxable income. The spring 2027 hourly rate for undergraduate students is $19.61.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.

For positions located within the City and County of San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For positions located within the City of Los Angeles: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Salary: Interns at Earthjustice receive an hourly rate that is considered taxable income. The spring 2027 hourly rate for undergraduate students is $19.61.