Honors Clerkship Program with EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board

The Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) is an appellate tribunal established by regulation to hear administrative appeals under all major environmental statutes that EPA administers. Located in Washington, DC, the EAB’s caseload consists primarily of appeals from permit decisions and administrative civil penalty decisions, as well as petitions for reimbursement of costs incurred in complying with cleanup orders issued under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Private parties may appeal an EAB decision in federal court. The Judges on the EAB sit in panels of three and make decisions by majority vote. currently, seven counsel and two administrative professionals provide support to the Judges. Learn more about the EAB by visiting our website
at www.epa.gov/eab.

The EAB Honors Clerkship Program is a highly competitive two-year clerkship. The key objectives are to provide recent law school graduates with the opportunity to practice public sector environmental law and to provide the EAB with highly motivated, talented, and diverse entry-level lawyers who are interested in a variety of legal work on cutting-edge administrative and environmental law issues.

The EAB recognizes the need for attorneys of varied backgrounds and skills and offers an inclusive environment that relies on those diverse perspectives to ensure that we effectively serve the American people.

Who Should Apply?

The EAB Honors Clerkship Program is open to highly qualified applicants with a superior record of achievement. Eligible applicants include third-year law students or graduate law students receiving their degree by June of 2025, or recent law school graduates completing a judicial clerkship or a legal fellowship by October of 2025. The EAB seeks applicants with excellent analytical, research and writing abilities, a strong commitment to public service, and a demonstrated ability to take on significant responsibility. The EAB is hiring for one position, with an anticipated entry on duty date in October 2025.

Law clerks must be U.S. citizens. EPA is an equal opportunity employer. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, marital or family status or other differences. Veterans are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

There are two USAJobs announcements for the Honors Clerk Position:

• Candidates who are in their third year of law school or may have completed law school, obtained a J.D. and are pending admission to a state bar should apply through the Law Clerk Announcement.
• Candidates who are admitted to practice before the highest court of a state, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico before the entry on duty date and maintain active status as a member of the bar of one of these jurisdictions should apply through the Attorney-Adviser Announcement.

All applications must be submitted through the USAJobs portal, available through the links provided above. Selected applicants will be invited for interviews, at the candidate’s expense, in Washington, DC, or by telephone or videoconference.

Deadline

The USAJobs announcement is open 08/18/2024 to 09/23/2024. This job will close when we have received 250 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.