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Location: Washington, DC
Experience: Entry-level
Highest Level of Education: JD or LLM



Job Responsibilities
Budget formulation 40%; Endangered Species policy 50%; Misc. 10%.
Job Requirements
Environmental law a must, admin law helpful.
Uppers
Get to work with a variety of different states, professions, and the community.
Downers
Lack of funding, lack of current administration's support
Lifestyle
In at 9:30am -- off at 5:00pm -- no billable hours.
Compensation
No bonuses, but excellent health care and retirement plan. Salary range is braod anywhere between 54,000 to 102,000 -- most are around $70,000.
Advice to Jobseekers
Know your poliics -- both Big "P" politics and little "p" politics...

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