Associate Attorney - International Program

Earthjustice is now accepting applications for an associate attorney to join our International Program, located in San Francisco, CA. The International Program works with public interest and community groups around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce national and international legal protections for the environment and public health. Core focus areas of Earthjustice’s international efforts include combating climate change, reducing the world’s dependence on coal-fired power and promoting clean energy in its stead, building marine resilience to ocean acidification, and promoting citizen participation in environmental protection. At the heart of our work is the principle—which we were the first organization to advocate internationally—that all people have a right to a healthy and sustainable environment.

The Associate Attorney program comprises a two-year position with a possible extension for a third year. This program is designed to help attorneys develop into thoughtful, professional, and effective advocates skilled in the various phases of public interest litigation. Many associates have gone on to other positions within Earthjustice or with other public interest organizations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Associate Attorney will generally work collaboratively with senior Earthjustice attorneys, but is expected to work more independently over time. Associate attorneys perform a range of litigation and advocacy-related tasks that can include:

• Conducting factual investigations and legal research, and preparing memoranda on issues relating to ongoing or potential new cases.
• Drafting motions, briefs, and other pleadings.
• Participating in proceedings before federal and international courts and tribunals.
• Working with clients and experts, and learning how to handle press work. 
• Hiring and supervising law students who work at Earthjustice as interns or clerks.

https://earthjustice.org/about/jobs/35557/associate-attorney-international-program

EARTHJUSTICE CLINICAL PROFESSOR AT ENRLC, VERMONT LAW SCHOOL

LOCATION: 

Nationwide

DEPARTMENT:  Litigation

The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC) at Vermont Law School and Earthjustice are partnering to expand our environmental justice capacity through the creation of a new environmental justice initiative.  We are hiring an attorney professor who will be located at the ENRLC and will work with Earthjustice's Healthy Communities program and as part of the ENRLC's growing environmental justice program area. Cases and projects will include Vermont and New England-based initiatives as well as efforts at the national level and in other areas of the United States.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Earthjustice Clinical Professor will be a full-time attorney housed within the Clinic. This position will be dedicated to working on environmental justice issues, with cases and projects chosen in collaboration between Earthjustice and the Clinic. Specific responsibilities and qualifications here.

Part-time Internship with MN Farmer's Union

Minnesota Farmers Union is a progressive, grassroots membership organization that supports family farmers and rural communities. Drawing on the base values of education, cooperation and legislation, MFU works with individuals at the county, state, national and international level to create strategic partnerships; support new farmers; further agricultural education; increase consumer awareness; and ensure that the voice of family farmers is heard by policy makers.

The internship will provide opportunities to work with all facets of the organization, including Government Relations, Membership, Education and Public Relations. MFU has a small, dedicated office staff of eight, with a field staff of five in greater Minnesota. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support event preparation including the 76th Annual MFU State Convention in November

• Process monthly membership mailings, file memberships and other administrative work

• Maintain membership database information and update political districting

• Attend meetings with senior staff and represent the organization publicly at events

• Advocate for MFU’s grassroots policy through government relations and policy work 

Details here: http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=140708 

Sustainable Food Policy Advocate

Overview

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is one of the nation's most effective environmental action organizations. We use law, science and the support of 2.4 million members and online activists to protect human health as well as the planet's wildlife and wild places. Our staff of close to 500 lawyers, scientists and policy experts work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing. NRDC’s Food and Agriculture Program is committed to making healthy, sustainably produced food accessible to all of us. We currently focus on curbing overuse of antibiotics in the livestock industry, reducing food waste, challenging unsafe pesticide use and promoting organics, advancing sustainable soil-friendly farming systems, promoting a more plant-based diet, and improving school food. Our team uses litigation, policy change, collaboration with business leaders, consumer campaigns and public outreach to make change.

NRDC seeks a Sustainable Food Policy Advocate to join the Food and Agriculture Program. The primary focus of this position will be to work with NRDC’s multi-disciplinary team to end the misuse of livestock antibiotics – a practice that now contributes to rising rates of antibiotic resistance and threatens the future efficacy of these life-saving medicines for people. Depending on project need and skills and interests of the candidate, the position may also support other Food and Agriculture Program initiatives.

Responsibilities

Work with our team to develop and improve strategies for winning policy change and shifting corporate practices.
Advocate for local, state and federal policy reform, including direct lobbying, providing testimony, watchdogging agency actions, and authoring written comments.
Provide outreach to major food companies, expand NRDC’s network of business leaders and advocate for corporate commitments to change purchasing or production practices.
Expand NRDC’s coalition of opinion leaders, technical experts, public interest organizations, business leaders and producers; help NRDC increase the geographic, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity within its networks.
Provide research, analysis, blogs, reports, and social media content in support the Food and Agriculture Program’s initiatives.
Serve as a spokesperson for NRDC.

Qualifications

Five or more years of experience as an advocate advancing related campaigns.
Demonstrated ability for strategic campaigning and advocacy.
An advanced degree in a related science or law is strongly preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills are essential.
Expert familiarity with one or more Food and Agriculture Program issues listed above.
Demonstrated sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations.

NRDC is committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a pleasant working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with experience. 

No phone calls or faxes please. Please reference where you saw this posting. NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

For further information about NRDC, please visit Our Home Page and Environment and Health Page.

Corporate Counsel - Canadian Lawyer

         

Corporate Counsel (R-4488)

Viterra has a unique and diverse business environment - ideal for someone who is looking to develop and advance their career in the field of commercial legal services.  Reporting to the General Counsel/Vice President of Legal Services, this position is accountable for the effective, timely and efficient provision of commercial legal services proactively supporting North American business strategy and operations that cover a broad range of legal matters. 

As a lawyer at Viterra, you will focus on the following areas:

• Contract review, development and implementation including negotiation with third parties. 
• Provision of expertise, strategic input, advice and legal education to the business across a broad range of legal and operational matters that may include trends and best practices in the areas of corporate and commercial law, compliance and regulatory matters, litigation, M&A activity and other areas.
• Participation in and opportunity to lead the legal aspect of projects including M&A activities.
• Manage, develop and implement diligence procedures and appropriate contracting for project work.
• Manage, develop, implement and support compliance and regulatory frameworks applicable to the business.
• Collaborate with corporate offices and senior management within Viterra’s structure ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures.
• Provide litigation and conflict resolution support as required.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Thrives in a high performing, team environment;
• Takes the initiative and is self motivated to drive projects and day to day work to successful completion;
• Has superior communication and organizational skills;
• Has a proven ability to develop and maintain effective relationships internally and externally;
• Requires strong business acumen with a demonstrated ability to provide creative business focused solutions;
• A bachelor of laws (L.L.B) or juris doctorate (J.D.) degree from a Canadian accredited law school;
• Qualification to practice law in Saskatchewan;
• A minimum of 3 years of corporate/commercial legal experience;
• Previous experience in agri-business or rural background would be an asset.

Tracking number: R-4488

Viterra offers a competitive salary and benefits plan.

If you believe these opportunities and skills are a fit, please apply at Viterra.com.

Viterra is Canada's grain industry leader, supported by the expertise of its people, a superior network of assets, and unrivalled connections to world markets. Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, our commitment to agriculture goes back over 100 years, partnering with farmers to market and move their crops to areas of need around the world.

Guided by our values of integrity, trust and respect, our goal is to achieve a workforce as diverse as the people we serve. We encourage aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, women, visible minorities and others to join our team.

Legal Consultant - Karachi, Pakistan

Legal Consultant - 1701181

Description

About Syngenta:
 
Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.
 
About This Job:
The job holder will be responsible for following activities:

• Assists in drafting, reviewing, vetting of customer contracts and other corporate agreements.
• Follow up with the Advocates regarding status of cases.
• Sending Legal Notices
• Maintains a database summarizing key terms of contracts and other documents
• Prepares, organizes, and maintains board minutes, resolutions.
• Prepares legal documents, which include, contracts, appeals, closings, etc.
• Prepares annual or quarterly reports.
• Appearances in the court trials with the lawyer.
• Handling of criminal litigations
• Follow - up with the law firms regarding Trade Mark search, filing of applications if any.
• Co-ordinate with verticals within the office regarding Labour License and Contract Labour license renewals.
• Ensure all the agreements are updated and are in safe custody.
• Should be able to handle secretarial functions which will include holding the board meetings, preparation of the agenda and subsequently board minutes, compliance under Companies Ordinance of Pakistan.

 
Qualifications

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Bar at Law
• 6-8 years of experience of working in a manufacturing organization, preferably in an MNC environment

     
Qualifications:

• Must have degree in law from reputed institution, the degree of Company Secretary will be an added advantage.
• Thorough understanding of country's laws and regulation.
• Experience of handling criminal litigations
• Stakeholder Management
• Strong communication skills

     

 
Additional information:

• Full time role - Consultant (Contract)
• Should be able to travel within Pakistan
• Location: Karachi, Pakistan

 
Primary Location: PAK-Karachi-Karachi
Work Locations: PK7
S.I.T.E. Hawksbay Road, S-50Karachi 75730
 

Attorney Advisor - Department of Ag

Open & Closing Dates: 09/11/2017 to 09/22/2017

Salary: $79,720 to $123,234 per year

Pay scale & grade: GS 12 – 13

Work schedule: Full-Time - Full Time

Appointment type: Permanent

In this position, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

·       Engage in complex legal and factual issues, which involve the application of legislation, regulations, decisions, expert testimony, opinions, contracts, or other legal instruments to support OALJ adjudications.

·       Interpret and apply statutes, rules, regulations, and program guidance to conservation issues, the agricultural economy including crops and livestock or other animal operations for OALJ adjudications.

·       Draft OALJ decisions or various legal memoranda, opinions, disposition documents for OALJ cases that involve research and the formulation and the development or application of procedures and practices followed as precedent for similar OALJ cases.

·       Provide opinions, advice, and legal strategies that often serve as precedents for subsequent administrative or legal action.

·       Support or engage in OALJ hearings and activities throughout the lifecycle of a case which may involve Rule Making, disciplinary cases, personnel litigation, or debarment actions.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/479137000 

Natural Resources Attorney

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

The Salt Lake City office seeks to expand its Natural Resources practice.  The ideal candidate will have ten or more years of experience in natural resources development, environmental permitting and water rights.  Preferably the candidate will bring some portable work, but will also be expected to service existing needs at the firm. Utah Bar, or the ability to gain access to the Utah Bar is required.

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NRDC Sustainable Food Policy Advocate

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL (NRDC) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA

San Francisco, California
http://www.nrdc.org

Organization Type: Public Interest Nonprofit (e.g., Community Organizing)
Number of Lawyers: 31-50

Practice Areas: Environmental

Description

NRDC is the nation\'s most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet\'s wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Contact Information:

415-875-6100
amartin@nrdc.org
111 Sutter Street
20th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104

USDA Attorney Advisor

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)

Washington, District of Columbia
http://www.usda.gov

Organization Type: Other Government - Federal
Number of Lawyers: 100 +

Practice Areas: Legislative Policy, Regulatory Affairs

Description

In 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln founded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he called it the "People's Department." In Lincoln's day, 90 percent of the people were farmers who were in need of good seed and information to grow their crops. Today, USDA continues Lincoln's legacy by serving all Americans, the two percent who farm as well as everyone who eats, wears clothes, lives in a house, or visits a rural area or a national forest.

USDA remains committed to assisting America's farmers and ranchers. USDA also:

• Leads the Federal anti-hunger effort with the Food Stamp, School Lunch, School Breakfast, and the WIC Programs;
• Stewards our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands;
• Encourages voluntary efforts to protect soil, water, and wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands;
• Brings housing, modern telecommunications, and safe drinking water to rural America;
• Monitors the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products;
• Leads research in everything from human nutrition to new crop technologies that allow us to grow more food and fiber using less water and pesticides;
• Helps ensure open markets for U.S. agricultural products;
• Provides food aid to needy people overseas.

Contact Information:

202-720-4861
debbie.vota@usda.gov
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, District of Columbia 20250

Is Being a Professor in Your Stars?

NYC: NYU seeks Food Systems Visiting Professor

16JUL

New York University

The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development

Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Food Systems Visiting Professor

One year appointment, with a possible renewal

NYU’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health seeks a one-year visiting professor in food systems.  The NYU Food Studies program takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying food production and consumption, particularly in urban settings.  The program examines the complexities of supplying the city, including food distribution and transportation, water and waste management, and the rural/urban interface.  Policy and health issues are also germane to issues surrounding food systems.

Qualifications:  Doctorate in related field, teaching experience, record of research.  We are willing to consider candidates with a range of research interests, which may include: environmental studies; urban studies or planning with a concentration in the rural/urban interface; waste and/or water management; public policy (i.e., agricultural policy and urban markets); political or cultural geography; agroecology; science studies; landscape design with a focus on the northeast.

Responsibilities:  We are seeking candidates who can contribute to the NYU food studies program, particularly courses in the masters’ program food systems concentration.  The candidate will be expected to be an active teacher and to engage in the intellectual life of the program and the department.  The position is to begin September 1, 2011 (sic).

More information here.

Public Justice Foundation: Food Project Fellow

FOOD PROJECT FELLOW

Washington, DC
Oakland, CA 

PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION

http://www.publicjustice.net

Date Posted: 08/31/2017
Job Type: Legal: Project-Based (e.g., Skadden)
Schedule: Long-term & full-time
Experience: Entry Level 0-3 years
Bar membership required: Awaiting Results

Practice Areas: Animal Rights, Consumer Protection/Debt, Employment/Labor, Environmental, First Amendment, Food and Drug, Litigation, Water Resources

Job Description

Public Justice is a nonprofit organization dedicated to pursuing high impact lawsuits nationwide to preserve the integrity of our society and the planet we call home. It seeks to host recent law graduates with outside fellowship funding, including fellowships through Equal Justice Works, Skadden, and law schools, as part of its Food Project.

Public Justice’s Food Project works to address the fact that our current industrialized factory farm system allows a few corporate actors to exercise extraordinary legal, legislative, electoral, communications, and market power, to the detriment of independent farmers, animals, the land, water, consumers, and the public. Our vision is part of the good food movement’s vision for a food and animal agriculture system that is just, sustainable and accountable. To attain our vision, Public Justice’s Food Project uses cutting-edge litigation that is coordinated with the larger good food movement to redress the structural and institutional inequities on which the current system relies. Our work falls under the following tactical umbrellas: (1) forcing the industrialized factory farm model to internalize impacts on farmed animals, neighboring communities, food chain workers, and the environment; (2) challenging misleading narratives, including consumer product information, and industry-sponsored laws that block transparency or seek to disguise the true nature of industrial production; (3) combating corporate consolidation and dominance of markets on behalf of independent producers; and (4) aligning ourselves with independent farmers and rural communities against an administration that purports to speak for these constituencies, but instead perpetuates corporate power.

The fellow would work with Food Project attorneys and other staff attorneys to develop and implement new legal strategies in one or more of these areas, expanding the Project’s tactics and docket. For example, we would be interested in speaking with candidates about ways to use environmental litigation to protect agricultural workers and their families, develop and implement a campaign to challenge laws that limit factory farms’ liability, or expand our efforts to obtain and publicize records that document the harms caused by industrial agriculture. Public Justice’s two Food Project Attorneys will enthusiastically collaborate with candidates on their fellowship proposals. The fellow could work in either Public Justice’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. or its Oakland, California office.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Superb analytical, legal research, legal writing, and speaking skills
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks at a time and work in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivation and proven ability to work independently
• Ability to work well with others and diverse groups
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to follow-through
• Positive attitude and can-do personality
• Strong organizational skills
• Willingness to travel for several weeks per year to visit and work with impacted communities
• Healthy sense of outrage and desire to change the world for the better

Public Justice is an equal opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment. Diversity valued. Applications invited without regard to race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or disability. For more information on Public Justice, please visit our website at www.publicjustice.net. For more information about the Food Project, please visit https://www.publicjustice.net/what-we-do/food-safety-health/.

Salary

$41k - $55k/year

Application Instructions:

Your application should consist of two electronic files: (1) your cover letter, resume, transcript and references in a single .pdf file; and (2) a writing sample in another .pdf file, comprised of a legal brief for which you were the primary author (please note the contributions of others). In your cover letter, please summarize your proposed contribution to Public Justice’s Food Project, provide the potential source(s) of fellowship funding, and specify whether you are applying to work in the Washington, D.C. office or the Oakland office. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Please send your application to Leah Nicholls at lnicholls@publicjustice.net.

Center for Food Safety: West Coast Staff Attorney

STAFF ATTORNEY

San Francisco, CA or Portland, OR

August 11, 2017

Position: Staff Attorney
Location: San Francisco, CA or Portland, OR.
Status: Full-time
Start Date: September 2017

Center for Food Safety (CFS), one of the nation’s top food and environmental advocacy non-profits, is seeking applications to fill a staff attorney position.  The position will be based in either the CFS San Francisco, CA office or the CFS Portland, OR office, with San Francisco preferred.

About CFS
CFS empowers people, supports farmers, and protects the earth from the adverse impacts of industrial food and farming production, and promotes organic and sustainable food systems. CFS uses legal actions, policy initiatives, scientific and policy reports, and corporate and grassroots campaigns to reduce the impacts of industrial agriculture on the environment and human health. CFS has an integrated suite of issue areas, including: GMOs, organic foods, climate change, factory farming, pesticides, pollinators, food labeling, food safety, nanotechnology, and more.

About the Position
CFS staff attorneys are responsible for developing, coordinating, and pursuing strategic litigation in federal and state courts on an ever-expanding variety of cutting-edge food and environmental issues, in support of CFS’s overall mission and its specific program areas, including:

·         Aquaculture

·         Climate Change

·         Food Labeling

·         Food Safety

·         Genetically Engineered Organisms

·         Industrial Animal Agriculture

·         Organic Integrity

·         Pesticides

·         Pollinators

·         Soil Protection

·         Water Privatization

More information is available on their website.

Experienced Litigator - Sustainable Food and Farming

Earth Justice Wants Experienced Litigator to Join the Team as a Staff Attorney

We are now accepting applications for a Staff Attorney to work with the Sustainable Food and Farming Program to be based in Earthjustice’s Washington, DC, New York, or San Francisco office.  We seek an experienced and skilled attorney to join our growing team to develop and deploy legal strategies to reform the industrial food system, ensure safe food, promote sustainable agriculture, and reduce agriculture’s climate, environmental, and social impacts.   

Earthjustice is expanding its work on sustainable food and farming, building on its vast experience litigating to protect the environment and public health, and its successes reducing pesticide use, toxic food additives, and water pollution.  Agriculture and food issues represent the next frontier for more sustainable production to satisfy human needs while minimizing environmental, worker and consumer harm.  We represent environmental organizations and consumer watchdogs as well as farmworkers and sustainable producers, grassroots organizations and environmental justice communities.  We focus on three areas: safer food -- protecting people from toxic chemicals in foods and minimizing diet-related disease; sustainable farming -- limiting reliance on agricultural chemicals, reducing agricultural pollution, and fostering responsible methods of crop and animal production; and climate-friendly farming -- reducing the food system’s contribution to climate change and increasing farms’ resilience to climate shocks.  The Staff Attorney will work closely with the rest of the sustainable food and farming team based in NYC to develop and deploy new strategies in all these areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop cases and legal advocacy strategies to support program goals.
• Litigate cases from beginning to end, performing all aspects of litigation.
• Conduct administrative and legislative advocacy, including comments, testimony, petitions, media, and coalition building.
• Supervise the work of Associate Attorneys.
• Collaborate with colleagues and coalition partners.
• Manage relationships with co-counsel, clients, and coalition partners.
• Serve as spokesperson for client partners and for Earthjustice.
• Work effectively with other departments within Earthjustice, including Communications, Development, and Policy and Legislation.

Qualifications and application information here.

Earth Justice Litigation Associate

Earthjustice is now accepting applications for an associate attorney to join our International Program, located in San Francisco, CA. The International Program works with public interest and community groups around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce national and international legal protections for the environment and public health. 

Core focus areas of Earthjustice’s international efforts include combating climate change, reducing the world’s dependence on coal-fired power and promoting clean energy in its stead, building marine resilience to ocean acidification, and promoting citizen participation in environmental protection. At the heart of our work is the principle—which we were the first organization to advocate internationally—that all people have a right to a healthy and sustainable environment.

The Associate Attorney program comprises a two-year position with a possible extension for a third year. This program is designed to help attorneys develop into thoughtful, professional, and effective advocates skilled in the various phases of public interest litigation. Many associates have gone on to other positions within Earthjustice or with other public interest organizations.

For more details and to apply, click here.

Buy The Farm!

Atlanta Harvest is looking for a new owner.

Mission:

Atlanta Harvest is committed to producing naturally-grown food in the city. With an innovative high-tunnel farm design, we supply the city of Atlanta with fresh, leafy greens.

Summary:

Atlanta Harvest presents a unique turnkey opportunity for an experienced farmer to purchase a fully operational urban farm in the heart of Atlanta. The farm features 6 -150€™ High Tunnels. These tunnels are optimized for ventilation and can produce year-round. Although many potential models could fit the space, the farm currently functions as a wholesale lettuce producer, regularly growing 1,500 pounds of lettuce per week for several established wholesale customers. During peak production, monthly revenues can average $12,000.

Current ownership is dedicated to local farming, and wants to provide a dedicated farmer with a long-term ownership opportunity. Ownership doesn't have farm expertise, and wants to transfer ownership to someone who does.

More details on business operations and terms here.

Associate Director - Cornucopia Institute

The Cornucopia Institute is seeking a full-time employee to join our team.  The Associate Director will assist with the overall management of Cornucopia’s operations in support of its mission.

The Associate Director will oversee the organization’s financial management and development activities (including supervising staff involved with proposal writing and grants administration, fundraising mailings, occasional fundraising events, etc.).  This person will also be involved with overseeing communications (publishing research reports, electronic and print newsletters, and web and social media, etc.) and related staff supervision in addition to overall HR management.  The Associate Director will report to and work closely with Cornucopia’s Director to carry out organizational activities.

For more information, click here.