Advice for Newly Admitted Students
Quotes from recent VLS grads for newly admitted students at Vermont Law School.
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.
Celebrating our world on Earth Day
For Earth Day, Vermont Law School invited students to submit photographs they’d taken to celebrate the beauty of the natural world.
Students Help Draft Vermont’s First Environmental Justice Policy
May 19, 2021
Vermont Law School’s Environmental Justice Clinic worked alongside legislators to develop language for a new bill.
Congratulations to the Award Winners
June 1, 2021 On Friday, May 14, the staff and faculty gathered virtually to recognize several members of the Class of 2020 and 2021 for outstanding service, stewardship, and leadership, […]
Students Support the Seychelles at U.N. Climate Change Conference
June 8, 2021
Each year, a select group of students participates in an International Climate Law course that takes them to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as the “COP” conference). Mitul Patel JD/MERL’21 and Andrea Salazar JD/MERL’22 describe the experience.
Alumni Highlight: Tamara Toles O’Laughlin JD/MELP’09
June 21, 2021 Tamara Toles O’Laughlin JD/MELP’09 commenced her role as North American director for 350.org by orchestrating the largest-ever coordinated series of events on climate: the national climate strikes […]
Student Spotlight: Wenfang Liang LLM’22
June 30, 2021
Wenfang Liang LLM’22 is a fellow with the U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law (PEL), a VLS program that works collaboratively with government institutions, non-government organizations, lawyers, judges, lawmakers, and others to promote good environmental governance in Asia.
Q&A With President Beth McCormack
July 16, 2021 When Beth McCormack was named interim president and dean by the VLS Board of Trustees on January 23, she became the first woman to hold that position […]
Course Corrections
July 22, 2021 As COVID-19 swept across the U.S., it dramatically altered the work lives of three Vermont Law School Alumni. By Corin Hirsch In the mid-afternoon of Friday, March […]
Student Voice: Emma Hirst MARJ’21- Criminal Law Ballade
July 30, 2021 This poem was submitted by Emma Hirst MARJ’21 to a restorative justice art contest held by Amherst College in spring 2021. The rules of law and all […]