ClientEarth USA welcomes expressions of interest for recent law school graduates to join our Santa Monica-based program team for externally-funded fellowships (remote locations within the US may be considered for qualified candidates).

As integral members of the program team, fellows participate in identifying, scoping, investigating, evaluating, initiating and advancing litigation and other types of advocacy, legal research and analysis, preparing high-quality legal writing, and preparing written work that effectively communicates to a wide variety of legal, policy, political, civil society and interdisciplinary audiences. Fellows are fully integrated into ClientEarth teams, events, and meetings. Fellowships begin each September, and may be for one or two years.

All 3Ls (third year) and recent graduates are welcome to apply. While ClientEarth will give preference to applicants who have already secured funding, we recognize that securing funding may require a host letter of support. Applicants that require such a letter must include the name and details of the sought-after fellowship in their application to ClientEarth to be considered. Any offer to serve as a host organization is conditioned upon the fellow’s ability to secure such funding.

External fellowship funding may function as a traditional fellowship (funds paid to ClientEarth to in turn provide salary and benefits to the fellow) or as a secondment (salary and benefits paid directly to the fellow). Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis, and applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as they are able.

Further Information

Deadline for applications: 21st April 2025 for a 2026 start. Offers will be made on a rolling basis so we encourage candidates to make an early application.

We advertise US-based Fellowships approximately once per quarter. If now is not a good time for you to apply, please create a vacancy alert and you will be notified the next time we post this opportunity.

ClientEarth provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the United States.