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.
Professor Winders and Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro joined the BBC’s Tech Life: Listen In!
Helping Our Animal Friends Lab testing of animals is often used to study diseases, or assess the safety of new drugs or substances before they are trialled on humans. Could […]
Welcome Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro
Thanks to generous funding from the ASPCA, the Animal Law and Policy Institute welcomes Christine Ro as one of our summer media fellows. Christine worked for environmental and international development […]
Congratulations to the Animal Law and Policy Graduates
This May, Vermont Law and Graduate School celebrated another graduating class of incredible students setting out to make a difference in the world. Along with law students who earned a […]
National Institutes of Health Selects Law Lab Study on Climate Change and Public Health for Special Collection
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the proposal, “Quantifying the Impact of Flood Adaptation on Dengue Fever with Geospatial Analysis: a Case Study in Pasig-Marikina-Laguna Lake Watershed, the […]
Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic Students Draft Letter Supporting Petition for Clarity on Federal and State Roles in Enforcing Anti-Cruelty Laws
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 […]
Meet Julia Wickham JD’26
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 […]
IEE Project Updates – May 2024
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 […]
Professor Winders Quoted in “Can You Trust a ‘Certified Humane’ Pet Food Brand?”
“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 […]
Professor Winders Quoted in Rolling Stone’s Special Report “The Ugly Truth About Wild Animals of Instagram”
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 […]
