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.
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 […]
April 2, 2018
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) at VLS has published the 2018 “Vermont Law Top 10 Environmental Watch List,” highlighting critical law and policy issues that could escalate in the coming year.
Monica Miller JD’12 will appear in court this week to argue that Happy The Elephant should have a fundamental right to liberty and be transferred to a sanctuary.
VLS student Christian Quigley shares his goals and experiences with earning a joint JD/Masters in Restorative Justice.
An overview of the animal law and policy classes, events, media fellows, and more this summer at VLS.
VLS’s Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) Moot Court Team represented VLS at the 26th Annual National NALSA Moot Court Competition at Arizona State University Law School in 2021.
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 we get ready for Admitted Students Day, we asked our current students what advice they’d give to their past selves. Here’s what they said.
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.
