Faculty and Staff in the News – January 2025
Below is a selection of recent news highlights featuring members of Vermont Law and Graduate School’s faculty and staff. Holiday Stress: A Lawyer’s Guide to Balancing Work, Life, and Well-being […]
An Ocean Network Protected, But Not from Harm
May 23, 2017 By Sarah Reiter, Adjunct Faculty, Vermont Law School; Megan Mach, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University Despite legal protection, species and habitats found in California’s […]
Ocean View, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89
July 22, 2016
VLS alum, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89, Managing Partner at Bessenyey & Van Tuyn, LLC in Anchorage, Alaska, dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
The Muddied Waters of Rockweed Management in Maine
July 18, 2017 By Sarah M. Reiter, Adjunct Faculty, Vermont Law School; Aaron Strong, Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono Along the rocky […]
‘Undevelopment’: A suitable option for addressing sea level rise in California
June 16, 2017 By Sarah Reiter, Adjunct Faculty, Vermont Law School The state of California continues to act as a pioneer when it comes to American climate change initiatives, in […]
Students Dive Into Summer Ocean Work
May 8, 2017 By Sarah M. Reiter, Associate Director, Career Services and Adjunct Faculty Our students will be traveling far and wide this summer to experience law for the community […]
Call of the Wild, Meghan Hooker MSEL’05
September 10, 2016
By becoming an advocate for removing old dams, supporting and restoring rivers and improving public access for boaters, VLS alum Megan Hooker MSEL’05 has made the great outdoors her office.
Water Works, Becca Pincus MSEL’11
August 1, 2016
VLS alum, Becca Pincus MSEL’11, Chair of Arctic Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Professor-In-Residence at the Center for Arctic Study and Policy, works to support the Coast Guard’s strategic objectives in the Arctic region.
WATER WORKS, ANDY MEEKS JD/MSEL’03
July 30, 2016
VLS alum, Andy Meeks JD/MSEL’03, Development Director at The Freshwater Trust in Portland, Oregon, calls himself a “disrupter of the status quo” in the fight for clean and abundant fresh water.
Water Works, Margaux Valenti JD’13
July 28, 2016
VLS alum, Margaux Valenti JD’13, Staff Attorney at Riverkeeper in Buffalo, New York, helps gain access, through contractual agreements, to private and public lands to install river restoration projects.