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.

Water Wars

June 28, 2016

Few ​​question the need for clean waterways and safe drinking water. But the controversy and litigation involved in attaining those goals is increasing and sometimes makes the ultimate objectives harder to reach.

Clean Water Act, Julia Anastasio MSEL’96

June 30, 2016

Alum Julia Anastasio MSEL’96, Executive Director and General Counsel, Association of Clean Water Administrators in Washington, D.C., shares her Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with​ CWA trends and big issues.

Clean Water Act Michael Formica, JD’98

July 4, 2016

Alum Michael Woodard JD’98, Assistant VP and Legal Counsel for Domestic Policy, National Pork Producers Council, shares his Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with CWA trends and big issues.

Clean Water Act Anne Hedges, MSEL’93

July 6, 2016

Alum Anne Hedges MSEL’93, ​Deputy Director and Lead Lobbyist, Montana Environmental Information Center, a statewide nonprofit focused on air and water pollution issues, shares her Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with CWA trends and big issues.​

Clean Water Act William Taylor, JD/MSEL’83

July 8, 2016

Alum William Taylor JD/MSEL’83, ​Attorney at Pierce Atwood LLP in Portland, Maine and Partner, Environmental Practice Group, shares his Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with CWA trends and big issues.​

A Lawyer On Thin Ice

July 10, 2016

Betsy Baker, Professor of Law at VLS, is now a go-to expert on the​ Arctic. Through her work with the U.S. State Department and the Arctic Council, an international governing body for the Arctic, Baker has played an important role in elevating the status and understanding of the frozen north.

Ocean View, Jim Landis LLM’09

July 12, 2016

VLS alum, Jim Landis LLM’09, Counsel at Lowcountry Counsel Office U.S. Marine Corps in Beaufort, S.C., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.

Ocean View, Meghan Jeans JD/MSEL’02

The kelp forests and rare deep-sea corals off New England’s coast deserve preservation. MeghanJeans is involved with a campaign to protect marine species and habitats through a Marine National Monument […]

Ocean View, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01

July 16, 2016

VLS alum, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01, ​Senior Research Counsel and Director of Sea Grant Programs at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Miss., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.