Community Solar for Farms, Small Business, and Residences
July 29, 2020 An Energy Clinic team investigates a solar project site The Energy Clinic is preparing to file the 45-day notice to be followed by the application for a […]
VLGS Blog
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.
VLS Faculty and Students Put a Priority on Public-Interest Law
August 6, 2020 By Rebecca Beyer Vermont Law School student Natacha Tremblay JD’19 was finishing up her last day in the South Royalton Legal Clinic (SRLC) when she got some […]
EJ Clinic Conversations: VLS Clinicians Listen to the Voices of Warriors for Racial Justice
August 12, 2020
Introducing the Environmental Justice Clinic’s new blog series, in which student teams sit down with clients and partners from across the country. Over the next six weeks, we’ll hear their perspectives on the connections between environmental justice, the struggle for racial justice, and the Movement for Black Lives.
EJ Clinic Conversations: Kesha Ram Talks about a New Environmental Justice Narrative for Vermont
August 19, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinic students Rico Edwards JD’22/MARJ’19 and Blake Whitehead MARJ’20 interview Center for Whole Communities Senior Fellow and Vermont State Senate candidate Kesha Ram.
Summer Interns Join VLS to Work on Food and Agriculture Law and Policy
August 21, 2020 We’re thrilled to introduce the students who joined us (remotely) from law schools around the country as Summer Honors Interns at the Center for Agriculture and Food […]
Trace the Roots: Voices Left Out of Environmental Conversations
August 26, 2020
Environmental Justice Law Society (EJLS) is proud announce the premier of Trace the Roots: Voices Left Out of Environmental Conversations, a short documentary featuring environmental justice leaders Mustafa Santiago Ali, Raya Salter, and Nadia Seeteram.
Profile: Michael Crouse JD’21
August 27, 2020 Even in his childhood, Michael Crouse JD’21 had values rooted in environmental stewardship. That is why environmental law was a natural choice for him when he decided to […]
EJ Clinic Conversations: The Struggle for Racial Justice in Rural Alabama
August 19, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians John Kirkpatrick and Patrick Raya speak with Perry County, Alabama, Commissioner Benjamin Eaton.
VLS ALUMNI: Monica Miller JD’12
August 31, 2020 California-based Monica Miller JD’12 fights for the separation of church and state. As legal director and senior counsel for the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center […]
EJ Clinic Conversations: An Organizer’s Perspective on the Power of Information
August 31, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians Vanessa Romero JD/MELP’21 and Kendall Keelen JD’22 Talk with Naeema Muhammad, Director of Organizing at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network.
