Ecological Law Case Studies: Bringing the Theory Down to Earth
Featuring Geoffrey Garver, McGill University, Canada Each lecture is worth one VBA CLE credit. Lectures are free and open to the public. Watch this event at vermontlaw.edu/live.
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Featuring Geoffrey Garver, McGill University, Canada Each lecture is worth one VBA CLE credit. Lectures are free and open to the public. Watch this event at vermontlaw.edu/live.
Featuring Lisa Elaine Held, Civil Eats President Biden’s USDA is directing resources towards climate-smart agricultural initiatives like never before, while members of Congress are introducing various bills related to farming and climate impact. With funding now flowing in this direction, the food and agricultural industry’s biggest players are changing their public positioning […]
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law at VLS Presents its Annual Symposium on Saturday, October 16th, 2021, from 8:00am–5:00pm. The event will be virtual with a live stream on the VLS Livestream Events Page. This year’s symposium is titled “A World of Waste in a Wasteful World". The symposium has four panels: Ocean/Water Pollution, […]
Vermont Law School Presents Embedded Racism in the Law Discussion What Does This Moment Require From Us: A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Patterson Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project Jacqueline Patterson is founder and executive director of the […]
Download the Program and Schedule Here! (pdf)  The Vermont Law Review Presents its 20th Annual Symposium on Friday, November 5th, 2021, from 9:30am–4:45pm. The event will be virtual with a live stream on the VLS Livestream Events Page.  Environmental activists and corporations often find themselves at odds. This is especially true within the […]
Please join us in celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Wednesday, January 26 from 12:45 – 2 PM for our annual program. This year’s event will be live streamed. Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale is our keynote speaker who will speak on When is Trouble Deemed Good? MLK's Legacy on Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, […]
Join us for our first panel in our Embedded Racism in the Law Series for 2022. VLS administration will discuss how VLS is taking steps to meet our Diversity Plan and Anti-Racism statement. We will hear from the Black Law Student Association's president who will preview the Race and the Law symposium. Finally, […]
Each year, Vermont Law School's Black Law Student Association hosts the Annual Race and the Law Symposium, offering a general theme involving the law’s impact on people of color. The legal field is disproportionately non- inclusive. White people make up over 80% of the field, while Latinx and Black people make up less than 6%. Pacific […]
Marianne Engelman-Lado, Deputy General Counsel of Environmental Initiatives at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will discuss steps that the EPA is taking to advance environmental justice and equity and, particularly, to strengthen civil rights compliance and enforcement. With Executive Orders 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, […]
Animal Law Society Symposium 2022 Bridging Animal and Environmental Law | Friday, March 25, 2022 Watch Online Animal and environmental law frequently overlap, yet the fields are often siloed. This symposium will explore ways to bridge the two fields through case-study panels that examine specific areas where there is significant overlap […]
Join other Swans on Thursday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET to hear from lawyer, entrepreneur, writer, and mentor, Brian Potts JD'04! During this virtual event, which is presented by the Vermont Law School Alumni Association, Brian will discuss his career journey leading to Perkins Coie, including how he became "LinkedIn famous"; launching the […]
Join us for our next panel in our Embedded Racism in the Law Series for 2022, Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.. Our panelists will discuss the legacy of federal boarding school policies, focusing on the Intermountain Indian School in Utah, which was the largest federal Indian boarding school between 1950 […]