Resume Skills and Keywords for Environmental Lawyer

An environmental lawyer assists clients with legal matters such as clean technology, water law, climate change law, and the administration of native title and other public lands. Environmental rights, international environmental law, the law of the sea, and international resource law are among the other areas of concentration. Climate change, sustainability, and renewable energy are all areas where environmental attorneys practise, and it's a developing industry worldwide. An environmental lawyer's job is to represent various environmental interests by working with environmental case law and legislation. Environmental lawyers can advise clients on environmental issues, campaign for changes in environmental policy and law, and write research papers on the subject.

Skills required for an Environmental Lawyer's role

  • Legal Advice
  • Species ACT
  • Counsel
  • Environmental Legal
  • Environmental Matters
  • Administrative Law
  • Enforcement Actions
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Project Management 
  • Research and Data Analysis 
  • Environmental Stewardship 
  • Public Speaking and Presentations  
  • Organizations and Coordination 
  • Environmental Policy Analysis 
  • Legal Advice 
  • Strategic Planning 
  • Environmental  Matters 

What recruiters look for in an Environmental Lawyer's resume: 

  • Skilled at planning and managing community relations, marketing, public relations and media relations to educate low-income renters about relevant legal issues.
  • Competent at conducting interviews to elicit relevant facts, carefully listening to individuals to identify and understand relevant facts and legal issues.
  • Proficient at providing legal advice to condominium associations regarding legal rights and obligations and represented associations in the enforcement of condominium documents.

What can make your Environmental Lawyer's resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background in the Legal sector 

  • An environmental lawyer with a track record of winning court battles, pushing for environmental laws, and creating sustainable corporate practices. Expert at conducting interviews to obtain relevant facts and carefully listening to people to discover and comprehend relevant facts and legal issues. Competent in providing legal advice to condominium associations on legal rights and obligations, as well as representing associations in condominium document enforcement.

Targeted job description 

  • Determine if there is sufficient evidence contrary to the environmental regulations in question in order to proceed with prosecution
  • Decide if prosecution of environmental offenders is in the public's best interest
  • Participate in pre-trial negotiations and discovery sessions, often representing a corporation, government or other business entity

Related academic background 

  • LLM (Environmental Law Energy & Climate Change) | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi 2016 
  • BA LLB | NLSIU Bangalore - National Law School of India University, Bangalore 2015 

Sample Resume of Environmental Lawyer in Text Format

ADITI SHARMA 

Environmental Lawyer 

9983989489 | aditisharma@gmail.com

New Delhi, India | https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditisharma/ 

SUMMARY

An environmental lawyer with a track record of winning court battles, pushing for environmental laws, and creating sustainable corporate practices. Expert at conducting interviews to obtain relevant facts and carefully listening to people to discover and comprehend relevant facts and legal issues. Competent in providing legal advice to condominium associations on legal rights and obligations, as well as representing associations in condominium document enforcement. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

Environmental Lawyer

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Delhi | 2018 - Present 

  • Conduct on-site inspections to identify hazardous conditions in the workplace. 
  • Review and recommend improvements to occupational, health, safety and environmental conditions.
  • Develop hazard controls to eliminate workplace injuries. 
  • Investigate causes of accidents and develop preventive measures. 
  • Assist in the development of water pollution control program and waste management program. 

Environmental Lawyer

Goa State Pollution Control Board, Goa | 2016 - 2018 

  • Worked within a team environment to defend against complex class action lawsuits involving administrative law and the implementation of statutes and regulations. 
  • Represented clients during the complicated Social Security disability application process and assisted in the representation of clients during administrative law hearings. 
  • Reduced processing errors by 60% within 6 months while simultaneously accelerating processing times. Provided pro- Bono representation to low-income populations, non-governmental organizations and local government on environmental matters. 
  • Conducted independent interagency and international negotiations on maritime and environmental matters. 

EDUCATION 

  • LLM (Environmental Law Energy & Climate Change) | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi 2016 
  • BA LLB | NLSIU Bangalore - National Law School of India University, Bangalore 2015 

SKILLS 

  • Project Management 
  • Research and Data Analysis 
  • Environmental Stewardship 
  • Public Speaking and Presentations  
  • Organizations and Coordination 
  • Environmental Policy Analysis 
  • Legal Advice 
  • Strategic Planning 
  • Environmental  Matters 

LANGUAGES 

  • English | Hindi 

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 

Plant a tree campaign Apr 2018 - Present 

  • Organise plant a tree campaign on World Environment day every year