These internship opportunities are for Attorney-Advisors, Paralegal Specialists, and/or Legal Administrative Specialists with the USDA Office of the General Counsel (OGC) Natural Resources and Environment Division (NRED) in Washington, D.C. As a Division of OGC headquarters, NRED provides counsel to senior leadership and staff for USDA agencies, including the Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Rural Development agencies. NRED attorneys work daily with a wide and ever-expanding body of conservation and natural resource authorities including the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Wilderness Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, National Historic Preservation Act and many more. NRED attorneys support the Department of Justice in representing USDA interests in over 100 natural resources and environmental lawsuits involving contracts, land management plans, hazardous materials response, realty, water, wetlands issues, national monument designations, wilderness, and mineral, energy, and infrastructure permitting. Drafting of statutes and regulations involving many natural resource issues is a unique opportunity in the Division. Interested applicants may have an interest in natural resources or environmental law (e.g., administrative law, mining and mineral law, real property, tribal law, and/or water law), but such interest is not prerequisite. NRED Attorneys frequently work with counsel in State government, Tribal Nations, and other federal Departments and the Council on Environmental Quality. Our legal work is exciting, fast-paced, and often involves novel, complex legal issues at the forefront of natural resources and environmental law. Mentoring is emphasized in the Division, but attorneys, paralegals and Legal Administrative Specialists quickly assume full responsibility for their work.