San Diego Coastkeeper
Law & Policy Clinic
Legal Internships
San Diego Coastkeeper maintains a full-time, year-round Environmental Law & Policy Clinic to help manage Coastkeeper's existing and prospective cases and assist with the organization's advocacy work.
Coastkeeper's Environmental Law & Policy Clinic amplifies the organization's voice on pollution issues and makes us a much more powerful deterrent to environmental crimes. By kindling in young students' minds a passion for protecting the environment, the ultimate goal of the Environmental Law & Policy Clinic is to foster a self-sustaining team of clean water attorneys in San Diego that will continue to maintain a watchful eye over our precious natural resources.
Schools that have Participated
- University of San Diego School of Law
- California Western School of Law
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- University of Southern California School of Law
- Pepperdine University, School of Law
- Pace Law School (New York)
- Boston University School of Law
- University of Denver College of Law
- UCLA School of Law
- Vermont Law School
- Suffolk University School of Law
Current Interns
Spring of 2008 - Intern Bios: Click Here
Interested in our Program?
Students may apply by sending their resume and a cover letter detailing their interest in Coastkeeper specifically and in environmental law and policy.
For details on the application process and internship calendars, please download the application form below.
Legal Internship Application
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Since its inception, Coastkeeper has employed strategic legal action and regulatory advocacy to promote policies that are protective of our natural resources, challenging the practices of those who violate our environmental laws. The landmark legal and regulatory victories Coastkeeper has achieved have helped to shape clean water policy throughout San Diego and the nation. Having engaged in so many successful legal and regulatory campaigns, Coastkeeper is now often able to leverage its reputation to promote critical clean water policies without resorting to adversarial tactics. Through the relationships we have developed at the local, state and national levels, elected officials and regulatory agencies often view Coastkeeper as an invaluable resource in the effort to restore our waterways.
San Diego Coastkeeper's landmark legal and regulatory victories have greatly reduced the amount of pollution reaching San Diego's waters. Coastkeeper's historic legal victory over Southwest Marine shipyard, and settlements with other shipyards, auto dismantlers, local municipalities, and Caltrans have changed the way that business is done in San Diego. Coastkeeper partners with local environmental organizations, the California Coastkeeper Alliance, and the international Waterkeeper Alliance to tackle regulatory and policy issues of regional, statewide and national significance.