Employment: Trustees for Alaska
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Join our team!

Trustees for Alaska is a nonprofit public interest law firm based in Anchorage, Alaska, that provides legal services to help protect the health of Alaska’s lands, waters, people, and animals. We make gratitude, kindness, and a supportive work environment central to the way we work, and we value the varied life experiences, perspectives, knowledge, and skills all people can bring to our work.

At the courthouse in Anchorage when a Trustees’ legal fellow was sworn in: Tracy, Geoff, Lydia, Vicki, Lang in back; Bridget, Rachel and Joanne in front. Dawnell taking the photo.

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We’re hiring a staff attorney

We’re hiring a full-time attorney to join our team in Anchorage, Alaska. Candidates should have four years of legal experience, ideally two years in environmental law, including litigation and Alaska-specific issues.

Trustees for Alaska has a highly collaborative team that works in coalitions, so the ability to foster coordination and cooperation among diverse groups is essential. Other necessary job skills include:

  • Excellent writing, research, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
  • Critical and creative thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience managing judicial, administrative, or legislative projects.
  • Admitted to practice law in Alaska/eligible for reciprocity/willing to sit Alaska bar exam.
  • The ability to foster, work within, and support a collaborative, team-based environment, including within large and diverse coalitions.
  • Humility and strong understanding of the importance of resiliency.

The position pays $84,000-96,000 based upon years of experience. Benefits include medical and dental, generous personal leave, flexible Fridays, family and sick leave, and more. People of color, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQ+ applicants, and people of diverse lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Read the full job posting for more details and submit the required materials to our administrative director Ashley Boyd at aboyd@trustees.org. Use the subject heading “Staff Attorney Application.”

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis beginning August 12 and continuing until October 31, 2024. We look forward to hearing from you!

Join our board

If you’re interested in our work and want to join our board of dedicated volunteers, reach out to us by contacting Ashley at aboyd@trustees.org and checking out our information packet and application here.

Our board members provide vital leadership and support Trustees by supporting our executive director, serving as a spokesperson about our mission, vision and work, and overseeing organizational health. We’d love to hear from you!

Find out more about working with Trustees for Alaska:

Trustees for Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer. We commit to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and are an equal-opportunity employer. We value the varied life experiences all people can bring to our work. We make employment decisions based on organizational needs, job requirements, and individual skills and qualifications. We prohibit harassment and discrimination of any kind, including related to race, sex, age, culture, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, languages spoken, parental status, veteran’s status, color, education, religion, medical history, disability, and sexual orientation. Respecting each other is an integral part of our organizational culture, and we cultivate a work environment that recognizes the strength of diversity and the contributions everyone can bring to our mission. We make gratitude, kindness, and a supportive work environment central to the way we work together.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]