Job o' the Day: Passionate about protecting wildlife?
Find a job you’re wild about at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), the nation’s largest member-supported conservation organization, which is at the forefront of global warming issues, reconnecting our children with nature, and protecting America’s wildlife and habitat.
NWF seeks a Conservation Litigation Director to be responsible for leading NWF’s efforts to advance its conservation priorities through litigation. Litigation is one of the key tools that NWF uses to advance its agendas of confronting global warming and safeguarding nature for people and wildlife. NWF litigators build their cases in support of the organization’s advocacy campaigns. This position will therefore work closely with program staff to identify the evolving needs and objectives of advocacy campaigns and help design and implement litigation strategies to meet those needs and objectives. This position will expand NWF’s litigation capacity by filing cases, recruiting other attorneys to provide donations of pro bono or reduced fee services, and fundraising.
Qualified candidates for this position must possess a J.D. and a minimum ten years experience in conservation litigation. He or she must be a highly organized professional, able to identify, articulate and implement effective litigation goals and strategies and be able to work hard while maintaining a sense of humor.
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