Alumni Spotlight: Ed Keable JD’86
Approximately four years ago on his birthday, Ed Keable was about to leave for a ski vacation with his husband, when then Sec. David Bernhardt of the United States Department […]
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.
Students Establish Nation’s First Law School Chapter of National Audubon Society
This summer, Swan Society—a student group dedicated to birding at Vermont Law and Graduate School—established the nation’s first chapter of National Audubon Society on the campus of a law school. […]
Centering Justice in Practice: One Environmental Law Student’s Path
Savannah Collins JD/MCEP’25 decided to attend Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) because she was looking for more than an environmental law school. She was searching for a school with […]
Environmental Field Study Courses Travel to Maine and China
This summer, Vermont Law and Graduate School students took their environmental learning into the field by traveling off campus to dive into coastal resources issues in Maine and explore environmental […]
Energy Students Attend Conference in Finland
In June, Energizers Ace Dantzler-Woodruff JD’25, Taylor O’Hare MELP’24, and Sam Privett JD’25 participated in the eighth annual Energy Transitions Conference hosted by the University of Eastern Finland Law School. […]
Media fellow Grace van Deelen Continues Important Coverage of Factory Farms
Grace van Deelen is a journalist who writes about climate, agriculture, wildlife, and science and was a 2023 animal law media fellow at VLGS. She has published work for Sierra Magazine, Inside Climate News, […]
Igniting Change: Professor Laura Fox’s Call to Action at the Athens Institute’s 10th Annual International Conference on Public Health
The 10th Annual International Conference on Public Health, hosted by the Athens Institute for Education & Research, featured a compelling presentation by Professor Laura Fox, director of the Farmed Animal Advocacy […]
Meet the CAFS 2024 Summer Honors Interns
From left to right, Aija Zamurs, Emily Collins, Joe Anderson, Julia Wickham, Maggie Kaniecki, Nicole Renna,Olivia Bayne, and Hanna Silva The Summer Honors Internship Program at Vermont Law and Graduate School’s […]
Lessons for Law Students: Courage and Judgment
Written by Rodney A. Smolla, VLGS President On June 6, 2024, Vermont Law and Graduate School welcomed back to Vermont the first class of Online Hybrid Juris Doctor students. These […]
Petition Calls for Rescinding USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service’s NEPA Exclusion
The Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a petition for rulemaking to […]
