Spring Remote 2026 Environmental Legal Internship/Externship

REMOTE SPRING 2026 INTERNSHIPS/EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE WITH FAIR SHAKE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL SERVICES

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services provides legal services in the area of environmental law, especially for underserved, modest-means clients. The purposes of the organization also include the education of attorneys and students in serving modest-means clients, increasing equal access to justice, and community empowerment for the Appalachian Basin (New York to Georgia). Fair Shake advances local, community decision-making about community health, environmental protection and cleanup, and development by providing access to justice for individuals and groups that are currently underserved.

Spring Internship Program in 2026

Fair Shake has a remote internship program to help serve our Pittsburgh, PA, Charleston, WV and Cleveland, OH locations. We are looking for bright, motivated, and creative law students to join us for the spring of 2026 to help us increase access to justice in environmental matters and public participation in environmental decision-making.

Interns can expect to gain experience in public speaking, collaborative case development, factual investigation, and legal analysis. Interns will work on a diverse scope of environmental matters, but they are certainly encouraged to focus on areas of desired practice development. Fair Shake attorneys will provide feedback on each intern’s skills development in regular weekly meetings.

Anticipated case matters include permit appeals, civil litigation, citizen suits, permit and rule comments, administrative petitions, land use hearings, gas lease reviews and negotiations, compliance counseling, community educational presentations, and opinion letter development.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates should have completed at least 1 year of law school.

Compensation

Fair Shake works with law schools that provide fellowship funding. Fair Shake is able to offer each of their interns a stipend of $1,000 per semester. In addition, if available through a student’s school, Fair Shake can provide academic credit for internships.

To Apply

To apply, please submit a letter of interest, writing sample, three references, and your CV or resume (more than one page is welcome) to:

Tim Fitchett

Supervising Attorney and Legal Education Director

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

tfitchett@fairshake-els.org

In your letter of interest, please address the following:

·      Your interest in environmental legal services;

·      Your level of experience with environmental law and policy;

·      Your level of experience with administrative agency process and law;

·      Your effectiveness in communication with people from diverse backgrounds;

·      What skills development you would like the Fair Shake summer internship experience to provide to you.

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to diversity in our workforce.