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Graduate Student Assistant
California Coastal Commission
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Nov 26, 2025
Job Description and Duties
The Enforcement Unit of the California Coastal Commission is seeking talented, skilled, and knowledgeable law students to work in the Headquarters Enforcement Unit on cases brought to enforce the Coastal Act and to protect coastal resources up and down the State.
The incumbent is assigned to work in the Headquarters Unit as a member of the Statewide Enforcement Program, which is within the Coastal Commission’s Legal Division to obtain compliance with the Coastal Act in complex cases. The incumbent works under close supervision and at the direction of the Chief of Enforcement Supervising Counsel and the Deputy Chief of Enforcement and performs case research and analysis, assists in legal research, and in the preliminary work involved in preparing other legal matters.
The incumbent is responsible for obtaining compliance with the Coastal Act via investigating and assisting Headquarters Enforcement Counsel in bringing cases to hearing before the Commission, assisting in drafting correspondence, and assisting in drafting and negotiating settlement documents, assisting in preparing and presenting proposed settlements or other Orders to the Commission in public hearings, assisting in monitoring compliance with Orders issued by the Commission, assisting in litigation support, and assisting in other policy and enforcement tasks.
The incumbent also assists in identifying and analyzing potential environmental justice impacts in projects, and drafting environmental justice, diversity and inclusion provisions in Staff Reports, settlements, or other documents, consistent with the Commission's Environmental Justice Policy, as well as assisting in conducting tribal coordination and consultation for relevant projects, including communicating with and gathering information from tribes, assessing impacts to cultural and tribal resources and drafting findings in Staff Reports, settlements, or other documents, consistent with the Commission’s Tribal Consultation Policy.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.