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Dr. Lindsey Pointer, the Associate Director of the National Center on Restorative Justice and the Center for Justice Reform, is serving as an editor for the North American volume of […]
September 7, 2017 Dear VLS Community, This week the Trump administration announced plans to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that, since 2012, has enabled more than […]
October 19, 2017
The American Bar Association has granted acquiescence in VLS’ applications to establish a Professional Certificate in Restorative Justice, and a Master of Arts in Restorative Justice degree, an important step toward establishing our Center for Justice Reform.
April 9, 2018 VLS Community: It is my distinct honor and pleasure to announce that Elizabeth C. MacDonough has accepted our invitation to serve as the 2018 Commencement Speaker. As […]
May 31, 2018 Dear Vermont Law School Community: Less than a year ago, I arrived in South Royalton to serve Vermont Law School as the new President and Dean. I […]
July 17, 2018 Dear Vermont Law School Community: A month ago, I wrote to you about the financial challenges our School was facing, and how we are working to address […]
June 1, 2020 Like so many across America, I am deeply upset by the racial injustice illustrated most recently by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as well as […]
February 5, 2021 Dear friends of Vermont Law School: My name is Beth McCormack and late last month I was honored to be named Vermont Law School’s interim president and […]
The Supreme Court today held that universities may no longer engage in race-conscious student admissions, ruling that race-conscious admissions practices violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. While Vermont Law and Graduate School is a private institution, the Supreme Court’s decision is binding on VLGS, as it was binding directly on Harvard, because VLGS must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which has been interpreted as imposing the same legal obligations as the Fourteenth Amendment. VLGS will of course comply with the Court’s opinion, as it is now the law of the land.
The United States is undergoing a monumental energy transformation in which offshore wind will play a major role by helping to decarbonize our energy systems and mitigate the impact of […]