U.S. Department
of Justice
Attorney Employment
Attorneys enforce civil and criminal environmental laws, defend the United States against environmental challenges to government programs and activities, and represent the United States in matters concerning the protection, use and development of the nation’s natural resources and public lands.
Attorneys in the Environment and Natural Resources Division can expect to become intimately and immediately involved in a wide variety of environmental litigation, personally handle settlement negotiations, travel across the country taking depositions and negotiating consent decrees, and assist senior attorneys in major cases.
ENRD Recruiting Brochures and Flyers
Professional Development & Skills Training
Specialized programs have been developed to acquaint new employees with the Division and their work in environmental law. These programs include both individual and group orientation sessions, luncheon presentations by senior managers, section retreats, and seminars on a variety of topics, relating both to legal practice generally and to particular substantive areas of the laws we enforce. In addition, the Division regularly sponsors nationwide seminars on environmental and natural resources law topics.
Entry Level Attorneys
The Attorney General’s Honors Program is a competitive, centralized recruitment program that is the only way for new attorneys (i.e., third-year law students and students who enter judicial clerkships, graduate law programs, or qualifying fellowships within 9 months of law school graduation) to enter the Department of Justice in an attorney position.
ENRD Ambassador Program
ENRD Ambassadors are career attorneys within the Division who volunteer to do outreach to law schools with upcoming hiring opportunities. They are also a valuable resource to learn more about what it is like working in environmental law and working in the federal government. If you would like to hear more about ENRD, please check out our ENRD Ambassador Contact List and contact your school’s corresponding Ambassador.
“After 25 years as an attorney with ENRD, I can say with a great deal of pride that I still love my job. Each of us has the special opportunity to ensure that individuals and companies throughout the country comply with all the laws that have been enacted to protect our nation's environment.”
There are currently no vacancies open.