The Centre for Environmental Rights, in collaboration with WWF-SA, calls for applications by suitably qualified and experienced candidates to take up a one-year legal internship contract with the Centre, starting on 1 March 2012. This internship is funded by WWF-SA, but based at the Centre for Environmental Rights where legal interns work closely with the attorneys, and play an integral role, in the Centre’s work and operations.
Qualifications, skills and experience:
- An LLB or equivalent tertiary qualification
- Candidates must be currently enrolled or have completed an LLM in Environmental Law
- A sound understanding of legal and procedural requirements for environmental decision-making and legal challenges
- A good knowledge of recent environmental case law and recent legal developments
- An ability to work independently, without constant supervision, and to take initiative
- An ability to work effectively and creatively with limited resources
- Excellent writing and legal drafting skills
- Work experience in a legal practice or not for profit organisation, as well as experience working with communities and community organisations will be an advantage
- A sensitivity to social issues and needs
- A commitment to high quality client service
Key responsibilities:
The legal intern will:
Unlock the doors: How greater transparency by public and private bodies can improve the realisation of environmental rights
Download the report here: Unlock the doors: How greater transparency by public and private bodies can improve the realisation of environmental rights.
The realisation of the Constitutional right to a healthy environment is dependent on the ability of individuals, communities, civil society organisations, companies and decision-makers to access information about the state of the environment and the impact of human activities.
In July 2010, the CER, with the support of the Open Society Foundation for South Africa, began investigating and assessing the extent to which information about environmental decision-making and impacts was accessible to communities and civil society organisations. While we anticipated some difficulty in obtaining certain types of environmental information, we could not have predicted the astonishing results of this project: with a few notable… Continue reading...