{"id":1909,"date":"2014-08-25T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2014-08-25T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T19:14:54","slug":"noaa-honors-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/noaa-honors-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Honors Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of the General Counsel is seeking highly-qualified law school graduates and judicial law clerks for its Honors Program. Entry-level attorney positions are available in the Washington, D.C., area and six regional offices in Seattle, WA; St. Petersburg, FL; Gloucester, MA; Long Beach, CA; Juneau, AK; and Honolulu, HI. Approximately two to four positions are available annually nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys in the Honors Program will work with seasoned attorneys and independently on a wide variety of assignments, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working with NOAA scientists on regulations governing commercial and recreational fisheries; protecting marine species, such as whales, dolphins, and turtles and their habitat; and preserving national marine sanctuaries.<\/li>\n<li>Working with the Justice Department to defend cases brought in federal court challenging NOAA regulatory programs under important natural resources statutes, including the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.<\/li>\n<li>Bringing administrative enforcement actions to ensure compliance with the federal fishery laws and to protect marine species, such as whales, dolphins and turtles, and their habitat.<\/li>\n<li>Developing cases seeking to recover for damages to the nation&#8217;s natural resources from spills of oil and hazardous substances.<\/li>\n<li>Addressing complex international legal issues related to oceans, shipping, fisheries, marine pollution, aquatic invasive species, and marine scientific research.<\/li>\n<li>Working with NOAA scientists to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment<\/li>\n<li>Addressing the legal needs of the National Weather Service, and the NOAA satellite programs that provide environmental data to support it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please submit cover letter, resume, and unofficial transcript by <strong>September 15, 2014.<\/strong> Full details and job posting are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gc.noaa.gov\/honors_program.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of the General Counsel is seeking highly-qualified law school graduates and judicial law clerks for its Honors Program. Entry-level attorney positions are available in the Washington, D.C., area and six regional offices in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/noaa-honors-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4638,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}