Southern Environmental Law CenterLegal Intern, Endangered Species
May. 2016 - Jul. 2016Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States• Prepared Motion to Compel Discovery: Researched statutory law, application of Administrative Procedure Act scope, standard of review issues; summarized arguments for discovery against agency, agency arguments and precedents to restrict review to record; prepared binders for brief and hearing.
• Wrote memoranda: Summarizing seismic litigation in North Carolina, Mexican gray wolf litigation parallel to red wolf litigation in preparation for preliminary injunction hearing; exploring specific statutory language within the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and its application to geological and geophysical exploration, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act.
• Prepared Motion for Preliminary Injunction: Interviewed declarants; edited, wrote declarations; researched various issues regarding preliminary injunction, statutory law; edited motion; assembled binders for hearing.