EELP is seeking a Senior Staff Attorney to develop legal and policy scholarship on corporations and climate change. Reporting to our Executive Director, the Senior Staff Attorney will be responsible for leading initiatives to build on existing EELP work on corporate climate-related disclosures and the materiality of climate change to investors to assess developments in financial regulation and other federal and state regulations to produce new research on key legal questions. They will also work with the EELP team to engage experts and private, public, and government stakeholders to explore legal responses to climate change. The Senior Staff Attorney will perform research and support stakeholder engagement for other EELP projects, and will work in close collaboration with the Executive Director, Fellows, and student Research Assistants on current and emerging energy and environmental issues. The Senior Staff Attorney will also help manage ongoing projects to track and analyze federal environmental, energy, and climate regulation and initiatives and build partnerships across the university to enhance our program’s work and influence.
As companies, financial institutions, and governments make net-zero greenhouse gas commitments, questions emerge about the implications for regulatory requirements and how such targets should inform investors and consumers. At the same time, new environmental regulatory requirements, federal and state incentive programs, and voluntary initiatives aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change threats have the potential to reshape many business sectors.
In addition to the subject matter areas and areas of responsibility described below, the Senior Staff Attorney will have the opportunity to work with the Executive Director to pursue other areas of interest in environmental and energy law.
Job-Specific Responsibilities
As a Staff Attorney, responsibilities include:
- Generating and sustaining a portfolio of research, writing, and public engagement activities to develop and disseminate analysis of legal issues at the intersection of corporate and environmental law and/or other areas of environmental law.
- In conjunction with the Executive Director, building and managing partnerships with outside stakeholders in corporate and investment communities and conducting public events and meetings.
- In conjunction with the Executive Director, building and managing partnerships with other related Harvard initiatives.
- Advising and coordinating research activities with Fellows, student Research Assistants and outside partners; and developing and managing EELP events.
- Helping manage and working on ongoing projects to track and analyze federal environmental, energy, and climate regulation and initiatives.
- Delivering presentations and attending events on behalf of EELP.
Basic Qualifications
Candidates must hold a JD degree, admission to a state bar, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience.
Additional Qualifications and Skills
We are looking for people who have:
- Strong research, writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and exercise judgment and discretion
- Broad familiarity with a wide range of environmental statutes and case law
- Ability to thrive in dynamic, entrepreneurial, self-motivated environment
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