GLOBAL REACH WITH JOSEPH KAIFALA JD’13
November 16, 2016 Raising Sierra Leone Born in Sierra Leone, educated in Norway and the U.S., Joseph Kaifala created the nonprofit Jeneba Project to rebuild schools and libraries in Sierra […]
VLGS Blog
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 H.55 Is “Important Advancement in Justice”
February 17, 2017 By Robert Sand, Assistant Professor of Law “I was very pleased to see that H.55, a bill that guarantees public defense services to all needy people who […]
A Different Approach to Drug Use and Addiction
March 17, 2017 Marijuana reform is at a unique crossroad as policies on the recreational drug vary from state to state. On February 21, 2017, Vermont Law School professor Robert […]
Will Our Community Own Our Solar Power?
April 6, 2017
As community solar projects become increasingly popular around the country, there’s a question that any potential participants should be asking: will our community actually own our solar power?
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 […]
Trump’s War on Science
May 12, 2017 As a candidate, Donald Trump famously dismissed climate change as a “hoax” invented by the Chinese to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. As President, […]
Not So Fast, Mr. Trump
June 5, 2017 By Pat Parenteau, Senior Counsel and Professor, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic June 1, 2017, will go down as the day the United States turned its […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
Veteran Law Student Forges His Own Path
Nov. 10, 2017 By Laurie Izutsu Earlier this week, on a November day striking in its darkness and its warmth, I caught up with Chris Whidden JD’18, president of the […]