Join our team and help protect the Los Padres National Forest! ForestWatch is one of the leading land, river, and wildlife conservation organizations in California’s central coast region.
Open Positions
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Legal Intern
Summer 2026
Guidelines
Read below for job descriptions and application instructions. We are leanly staffed, and due to the volume of applications we receive, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please do not call if you have not been contacted after submitting an application.
ForestWatch welcomes diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees that encourages and celebrates differences. ForestWatch’s staff and Board strive to incorporate inclusive practices in the performance of all duties and responsibilities, on a consistent and ongoing basis, and continually work to increase awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.
Additional Info
The goal of our Internship Program is to provide the next generation of environmental advocates with the training and tools to protect public lands, clean air and water, wildlife, and natural resources. Our interns gain valuable experience with research, advocacy, fieldwork, and environmental law and policy while obtaining first-hand knowledge of working with a small but effective nonprofit organization. Since our internship program began in 2006, we have been fortunate to work with more than 60 undergraduate, graduate, and law students from the following institutions:
- Antioch University Santa Barbara
- Brandeis University
- California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI)
- California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
- Cal Lutheran University
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Cuesta College
- Lewis & Clark Law School and Earthrise Law Center
- The Ohio State University – Moritz College of Law
- Oxnard College
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- Santa Barbara City College
- Santa Barbara College of Law
- Stanford Environmental Law Clinic
- The Thacher School
- UCLA School of Law
- UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
- University of California, Irvine (UCI) Environmental Law Clinic
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
- University of Montana
- University of Oregon School of Law
- University of Washington School of Law
- Westmont College
Header photo by Bill Bouton.
