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Photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC) recently drafted comments in support of Animal Partisan’s petition before the U.S. Department of […]
Julia Wickham JD’26 is no stranger to nature. Growing up in eastern Iowa surrounded by rolling hills near the Mississippi River, it’s not a surprise she decided to go to […]
Vermont Decarbonization Updates The Energy Clinic’s Net Zero Affordable Housing Team continues to advocate for stronger energy efficiency standards in manufactured housing. Partnering with national organizations, like Earth Justice and […]
“Throughout the meat industry, even the most stringent slaughter standards are only held accountable on an annual basis anyway, says Delcianna Winders, associate professor of law, and director of the […]
Many of the thrilling photographs of bears, wolves, and tigers on your social media feeds are taken at game farms — places critics say are the exotic-animal equivalent of puppy […]
The rugged wilderness of Northern California and Southern Oregon is on the other side of the country and a world away from the South Royalton campus of Vermont Law and […]
By: Vanessa Kranz, Animal Law Society Co-Chair ’23-’24 On April 27, 2024, members of Vermont Law & Graduate School’s Animal Law Society volunteered to help VINE, a local farm animal […]
In the verdant landscape of northern Vermont, a group of law and policy students from the Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic recently found solace and inspiration at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary (MMFS). […]
Vermont Law and Graduate School has established the Kevin B. Jones Fund to support the continued development and advancement of America’s clean energy leaders. The fund will contribute to the […]
Workplace Hazards for Meat and Poultry Workers Scholars explore line speed and worker safety regulations governing meatpacking and poultry plants. “The Department of Agriculture’s decision to revoke some pig slaughterhouses’ […]
