The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) will kick off its annual Hot Topics in Environmental Law summer lecture series this Thursday, June 1, with the first of 17 live virtual lectures that cover some of today’s most pressing topics in environmental law and policy.

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 to 1 p.m. through August 3, VLGS faculty and invited experts will discuss current environmental, food and agricultural, and animal protection issues. Free and open to the public, the lectures will be streamed at vermontlaw.edu/live. Recordings of the lectures will also be available to watch at a later date. Each lecture is worth one Vermont CLE credit.

Below is the complete Hot Topics in Environmental Law lecture series schedule:

THURSDAY, JUNE 1
Sackett v. EPA: The Supreme Court’s Bombshell Ruling and What It Means for Wetlands, Wildlife, and the Climate Crisis
Cale Jaffe, University of Virginia School of Law and
Distinguished Climate Law Summer Scholar at VLGS

TUESDAY, JUNE 6
Compassionate Conservation: Bridging the Divide Between Caring for Ecosystems and Caring for Animals
Grace van Deelen, The New Lede and
Summer Animal Law Media Fellow at VLGS

TUESDAY, JUNE 13
Surviving the Megadrought
Warigia Bowman, University of Tulsa College of Law and
Distinguished Environmental Law Summer Scholar at VLGS

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 – TBD

TUESDAY, JUNE 20
The Chesapeake Bay
Marsha Echols, Howard University School of Law and Distinguished
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Summer Scholar at VLGS

THURSDAY, JUNE 22
Legislating Light Pollution: Examining Light Pollution Laws in the U.S.
Bridget Reed Morawksi, Independent Journalist and
Summer Environmental Media Fellow at VLGS

TUESDAY, JUNE 27
Animals as Property, Quasi-Property or Quasi-Person
Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto and
Distinguished Animal Law Summer Scholar at VLGS

THURSDAY, JUNE 29
The Case Against Pet Ownership
Kenny Torella, Vox, Summer Animal Law Media Fellow at VLGS

TUESDAY, JULY 11
The New UN Plastics Convention
David Wirth, Boston College Law School

THURSDAY, JULY 13 – TBD

TUESDAY, JULY 18
Can State Tort Litigation Do to Big Oil What it Did to Big Tobacco?
Robert Percival, University of Maryland
Francis King Carey School of Law

THURSDAY, JULY 20
FERC: Helping or Hindering a Clean Energy Transition?
Miranda Wilson, E&E News and
Summer Environmental Media Fellow at VLGS

TUESDAY, JULY 25
Climate Change: The “Biggest Human Rights Issue of the 21st Century”?
Chhaya Bhardwaj, Jindal Global University Law School

THURSDAY, JULY 27
ESG: Who is Making the Rules?
Chris Adamo JD’04, Danone North America

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
The Unwanted Neighbor: How Indoor Cannabis Cultivators Raise Environmental Justice Concern
Gina Warren, University of Houston Law Center and
Distinguished Energy Law Summer Scholar at VLGS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3
Reporting from the Void: Americans’ “Rights” to Nutritious Food, Potable Water, and Clean Air
Lela Nargi, Independent Journalist and
Summer Environmental Media Fellow at VLGS

Visit vermontlaw.edu/hot-topics for more information, schedule, and links.

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About Vermont Law and Graduate School: Vermont Law and Graduate School, a private, independent institution, is home to a Law School that offers both residential and online hybrid JD programs and a Graduate School that offers master’s degrees and certificates in multiple disciplines, including programs offered by the School for the Environment, the Center for Justice Reform, and other graduate-level programs emphasizing the intersection of environmental justice, social justice and public policy. Both the Law and Graduate Schools strongly feature experiential clinical and field work learning. For more information, visit vermontlaw.edu, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.