Profile: Maeve McDermott
June 2, 2020 When it comes to climate change, Maeve McDermott is taking a global approach, not only to the problem, but to her own education. A native of Midlothian, […]
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.
Statement of Solidarity and Call to Action from the Environmental Justice Law Society
A VLS student group responds to the murders of Black Americans, white supremacy, systemic racism, and the protests that have erupted in response.
Statement from the Vermont Law Black Law Students Association
June 3, 2020 On September 27, 1966, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said: “Certain conditions continue to exist in our society, which must be condemned as vigorously as we […]
Statement of Solidarity from the Vermont Law Review
June 4, 2020 Vermont Law Review stands in solidarity with the black community. We recognize the violence and injustices that our current systems perpetuate. VLR supports and encourages those who […]
Statement on Behalf of the Food and Agriculture Law Society
June 5, 2020 The Food and Agriculture Law Society stands with Black communities, organizers, and protesters. FALS stands in support and solidarity of Black lives because Black Lives Matter. We […]
Professor Robert Sand on the The Death of George Floyd and Minnesota Homicide Laws
The Death of George Floyd: The Laws and Limits of Minnesota’s Homicide Statutes
Student and Professor Partner on Plant Breeder’s Guide
June 11, 2020 Assistant Professor Emily Spiegel recently teamed up with Food and Agriculture Clinic student Cydnee Bence JD’20 to create an innovative guide to intellectual property for plant breeders. […]
Out of the Haze by Rebecca River
Across the country, Vermont Law School graduates are helping provide clarity amid a swirl of confusing and sometimes conflicting cannabis laws.
Course of the Month: Current Issues in Western Resource Litigation
June 18, 2020
Two longtime professors and environmental public interest lawyers team up to teach a new summer course on protecting public lands out West.
Environmental Justice is Racial Justice
Professor Pat Parenteau June 22, 2020 The horrific killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers, caught on a bystander’s cell phone, has shocked the world and galvanized the […]