Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the leading environmental law practice in the Australia Pacific Region delivering legal solutions for peoples, nature and our climate. We have a big vision which is a world where nature thrives. We’ve got big ambition about the role we can play in delivering that vision and we’ve got an incredible team across the country working to achieve it.
We are dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment by providing access to justice, running ground-breaking litigation and leading law reform advocacy. Over our 30-year combined history we’ve developed a formidable track record of empowering communities and delivering effective protection of the environment through legal services.
Our Values:
Commitment – We are committed to; a united organisation, to each other, to collaboration, to justice, to our communities and to creating a world where nature thrives.
Diversity – We are respectful of and welcome diversity of; staff, volunteers, offices, environmental regions, communities, stakeholders.
Integrity – We work effectively, efficiently, strategically, professionally and ethically; “justice is in our nature”.
Vision – We lead change and environmental empowerment using innovation, creativity, and courage.
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Current Opportunities
Special Counsel
Special Counsel will engage with legal issues surrounding climate change and environmental protection in the waters off Victoria and Tasmania. In this role you will think creatively about delivering systemic change in relation to supporting strong community opposition to new oil and gas proposals in the waters off Victoria and Tasmania, including in the Otway Basin and Bass Strait.
Applications close 22 April 2024.
Find out more and apply here.
Special Counsel
Special Counsel Safe Climate (Gas) will engage with legal issues surrounding climate change and environmental protection in Western Australia. The role will focus on the proposed expansion of onshore and offshore gas developments in Western Australia.
Applications close 29 April 2024
Find out more and apply here.
Scholarships
Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship
The Environmental Defenders Office is seeking applications from young people in regional or remote Australia to commence their career in environmental law with a training placement supported by the Sarah Flynne Memorial Scholarship. Applications for 2024 have now closed. Applications for 2025 will open in November/December 2024. Find out more here.
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