Students and faculty in Vermont Law School’s Environmental Justice Clinic and Climate Justice Practicum are helping to strengthen environmental justice legislation across the country: from the City of Philadelphia to the State of Vermont to federal legislative action.
By Julia Guerrein JD’22. A dual-degree student shares her experience combining environmental law at VLS with an MPhil in environmental policy at the University of Cambridge.
As legal counsel for Animal Outlook, Will Lowrey JD’17 is standing up for farmed animal welfare in the courtroom and mentoring future animal advocates. One of those is 3L Ashely Monti, who reflects on his work and his recent victory in court.
Vermont Law School 2L will work on projects aiming to improve legal protections for farmed animals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From a classroom at Vermont Law School, students in the Transnational Environmental Law Practicum are supporting environmental organizations halfway around the word.
February 10, 2021
What environmental law and policy issues will be at the forefront of 2021? The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law has released its predictions in the Top Ten Watchlist for 2021.