Mental Health Matters in Law School
There is no shame, there is no embarrassment, there is no weakness in seeking out ways to make our present life different or better!
VLGS Blog
The Vermont Law and Graduate School blog features insightful posts and articles written by JD, LLM and Master’s students, faculty members, and others. Explore engaging discussions on environmental law, energy law, food and agriculture law and policy, international law, human rights, and more. Our goal is to provide you with informative insights into the pressing issues shaping our world today.
VLS Student Lands Internship at Mercy for Animals
Vermont Law School 2L will work on projects aiming to improve legal protections for farmed animals.
Reflecting on 15 Years of the U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law
The founding director of Vermont Law School’s U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law reflects on the program as it turns 15 years old.
Honoring Former Vermont Law School Dean Maximilian Kempner
February 26, 2021 It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of former Dean Maximilian W. Kempner. Dean Kempner led VLS from 1991 to 1996, and […]
Honoring Judge Peter Hall
I am sad to inform the VLS community of Judge Peter Hall’s passing last Thursday. A giant of the Vermont legal community, Judge Hall was the lone Vermonter on […]
Vermont Food Network, Paige Tomaselli ’04
August 13, 2016
VLS Alum Paige Tomaselli’s ’04 work for the Center for Food Safety has helped protect animals, the environment and public health, all while fighting “factory farms.”
Three Can’t-Miss Environmental Law Summer Courses
May 11, 2021
From this summer’s selection of 23 environmental law courses, we asked Associate Dean and Professor Jenny Rushlow to weigh in on the three she’s most excited about.
Survey Says … Californians Can Have Their Pork and Let Pigs Move
Pork producers have been spuriously asserting that a California law allowing farmed animals room to move their limbs will spell the end of bacon. This blog presents survey data showing that grocery stores, restaurants, foodservice companies, and pork producers are in fact prepared to comply with the law when it goes into effect on January 1.
Q&A with Animal Law Program Director Delcianna Winders
September 23, 2021
Delcianna (“Delci”) Winders, a renowned animal law expert and advocate, joined the Vermont Law School faculty this fall as a visiting associate professor of law and director of the new program. We caught up with VLS’s newest environmental law faculty member to learn more about animal law and how students can get involved.
Amber Widmayer LLM’17 on Why VLS
Vermont Law School recently caught up with Amber Widmayer LLM’17 to discuss why she chose VLS in general, and the LLM in Energy Law specifically, and what she is up […]
