Roger E. Koontz Fellowship in Law and Climate Policy

Acadia Center is seeking motivated law students to apply for its Roger E. Koontz Fellowship in Law and Climate Policy. The Koontz Fellow will work with Acadia Center staff - attorneys, policy experts, researchers, and communications professionals - on legal projects that directly advance the organization's work. Depending on the assignment, the Fellow may have the opportunity to meet with policymakers, attend public meetings, and engage in coalition interactions. Projects will be assigned based on skills and interests and could encompass one or more of the following areas of focus: Energy Regulatory System Reform Researching legal issues and policy solutions on issues relating to the need to reform approaches to regional power grid and state-level utility planning, financing, and governance to advance clean energy, climate, consumer, and energy justice goals; Clean Energy and Community Engagement Scoping issues for legal and policy review related to community and stakeholder engagement in the anticipated expansion of regional and interregional clean energy projects, power grid, and transmission, such as a review of the adequacy of current permitting processes to seek and engage community-level input; Building Energy and Energy Justice Undertaking legal analysis supported by data to advance organizational initiatives on energy efficiency and building decarbonization to better understand the connections between energy equity and environmental justice issues, and to develop poli