The Vermont Law and Graduate School blog features insightful posts and articles about JD, LLM, and master’s degree students, faculty members, alumni, and others in the VLGS community. Explore engaging discussions on environmental law and policy, energy, food and agriculture, international law, animal protection, human rights, and more.
Vermont Law and Graduate School is excited to welcome two Animal Law Media Fellows to participate in the Environmental Law Center’s summer session this year. Over the first weekend of June, Grace van Deelen will […]
Last weekend’s graduation ceremony marked an exciting milestone for VLGS students who can now spread their wings to join the thousands of swans who are using their legal education to help […]
On May 19, 2023, Vermont Law and Graduate School commemorated the life and work of Don Baur. Don was an outstanding environmental and animal lawyer, a mentor and inspiration to […]
Animal law and policy has had a presence at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS)—and in its renowned Summer Session—for decades. Over the years, animal law and policy offerings have […]
The Animal Law and Policy Institute was honored to co-host the Centre for Animal Rights Law’s Lecturers’ Workshop at the VLGS Burlington location. Twelve professors joined us for the week-long training […]
Gordon N. Merrick JD’20 currently serves as Policy & Programs Manager for the nonprofit Organic Farming Research Foundation, an organization focused on advancing organic agriculture through scientific research.
Created by faculty and students at VLGS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, a new series of factsheets aims to prevent the loss of land owned as “heirs’ property.”
The New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law published the latest Laws and Paws Newsletter announcing their student writing competition winners. Congratulations to VLGS students Vanessa Beane and […]
Students and faculty from VLGS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School joined a coalition of farm and food organizations in Washington, D.C. for the Food Not Feed Summit, an event focused on changing America’s agriculture policies.
On February 2, 2023, VIA attorneys Brett Stokes and Jill Martin Diaz co-filed a mass action in the District of Vermont alongside lead litigators from Legal Aid of North Carolina’s […]