Events Calendar

Stay informed and stay engaged with the VLGS Events Calendar. Expand your knowledge with stimulating discussions from our symposiums, webinars, and weekly info sessions. Our calendar is your go-to resource for staying ahead of the latest happenings within the Vermont Law and Graduate School community. 

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New Economy Law Forum, Session One: The New Economy and the Quietly Emerging Next System

What is the new economy? Just beneath the surface of media reporting a new economy is quietly emerging. It includes cooperatives, public banks, new clean energy strategies, successful campaigns to turn polluting utilities into ecologically sustainable municipal systems, along with an explosion of related developments at different levels of scale. […]

20th Annual Takings Conference

​​This conference explores the takings issue as it relates to land use and environmental rules and other forms of regulation. In addition to offering a basic education in modern takings law, the conference brings together a diverse group of leading scholars and experienced practitioners to discuss cutting-edge issues.​ For more info, see http://www.vermontlaw.edu/Takings2017

Fall Break

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The Procuratorate System of China

Featuring President HUANG He of the National Prosecutors College of China U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law (PEL) would like to invite the VLS community to join us for this special speaker event. Broadly speaking, China’s judicial system can be divided into three arms; the People’s Court system, the People’s Procuratorate system, and the public […]

Career Services and ELS Present: Judge Stein

Would you like to hear more what the life of an EPA Appeals Judge is like? Are there questions burning in your mind about how this court operates? Do you like pizza? Well to answer these questions VLS Career Services and the Environmental Law Society are bringing Judge Kathie Stein to campus! […]

Intersectional Gender Studies Meeting:

This meeting, focused on Domestic Violence and Native American Women, is co-sponsored by the Women’s Law Group and the Native American Law Students Association. Professor Rebecca Zietlow and Professor Hillary Hoffman will lead the discussion, which will be based on the attached (short) reading by Jenny Rivera and the poem by Louise Erdrich that […]

The Energy Transition

The Vermont Journal on Environmental Law is hosting its Fall 2017 Symposium: The Energy Transition The Energy Transition aims to address the legal, regulatory, and policy challenges associated with transitioning from the current energy system to a cleaner energy economy. CLE credit available. Schedule: 8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration 8:30 AM […]

New Economy Law Forum, Session Two: Localize It! What Resilience Looks Like

A two-day solutions focused gathering for leaders and community members engaged in accelerating a localizing movement in our region. We are working on systemic renewal in an age of climate crisis, economic injustice, and frayed democratic systems. BALE (Building A Local Economy) is leading this session. Featuring Frances Moore Lappe, Jonathan Rosenthal, Helena Norberg […]

The Federalist Society Presents Daniel Berninger

Are All Websites Created Equal?: The Future of Net Neutrality, FCC Regulations and the Battle for the Internet Featuring special guest speaker Daniel Berninger, Founder of Voice Communication Exchange with introduction an commentary by VLS Prof. Oliver Goodenough Catering by Moe's Southwestern Grill