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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BLSA Spoken Word Event

​​Next week, the Black Law Student's Association will be hosting a Spoken Word event infused with jazz at BALE. We strongly encourage anyone and everyone to share any talent that they may have. From instruments, to song, dance, poetry we welcome your talent. Beverages and snacks will be served.Email Jordan with any questions.

Water, Law and International Collaboration: A Discussion of Water and International Water Management

​Dr. Todd Jarvis, Assistant Professor, Senior Researcher and Associate Director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University, will speak about the role of water law in groundwater conflict resolution on February 18 at 5:30PM. Dr. Todd Jarvis has over 30 years of experience as a hydrogeologist specializing in groundwater development and […]

Faculty Speaker Series: International Trade Agreements and State Governments: Continuing Threats to Sovereignty?

​​​International trade agreements have multiplied in recent years. Supporters claim that the agreements carefully balance the benefits of free trade with the labor, environmental, and other regulatory interests of the signatory nations. Many states of the United States, however, claim that trade agreements unduly restrict or preempt state laws regulating commerce and other matters. As […]

ICLP Spring 2015 Information Session

​​​​Learn more about the exciting opportunities that the International and Comparative Law Program​ has to offer current VLS students. Speakers will discuss international curricular and exchange opportunities including semester exchanges, seminars abroad, and dual degree programs. We hope to see you there!

Women’s Law Group Annual Auction

​​​​​​Women's Law Group annual auction includes:Red Sox tickets with Professor McCormackMeals with Dean Mihaly, Dean Jefferson, and many of your favorite professorsBar courses from Barbri, Kaplan, Pieper, and Themis5-day yacht trip off the coast of MaineAnd so much more!The event is on Friday, February 19th in Chase with a $5 admission. Doors open at 7:00 […]

Guest Lecture: Interviewing Witnesses to Serious Violations of Human Rights

​​When conducting fact-gathering to document violent human rights abuses, how should you go about interviewing victims and witnesses? What are procedures to use, and concerns to be aware of?A former Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Dermot Groome, will guest lecture on this subject in our Applied Human Rights […]

Faculty Speaker Series: Life to the Limits: Designing New Economies in Times of Scarcity

​From the 1972 book Limits to Growth to the concept of Planetary Boundaries, the question of how to adapt to declining natural capital has shaped the environmental movement and the political discussion. The talk discusses the narratives that have accompanied this question over the past few decades and proposes a systems lens in looking at […]

European Migration Crisis Talk with Svenja Gertheiss

​Svenja Gertheiss, research associate at the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt, will give a talk on the current migration crisis in Europe. Svenja (presenting from Frankfurt) will overview the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), provide critique of the CEAS given the current migration crisis, and propose options for future developments. Attendees will have an opportunity […]

Leap Day Party

Yes, it's a Monday night, but the next day is Town Meeting Day. Partyling will commence at 8:00 PM. Crossroads is providing kegs (two of which will be Long Trail). There will be a DJ, 50/50, and plenty of other party games.SPA will be handing out personalized beer cups at the door in exchance for […]