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Hot Topics: How did the US legal framework allow and/or provoke disproportionate placement of polluting projects (and continues to do that) in minority, low-income communities?

Join us online for this summer’s Hot Topics in Environmental Law Summer Lecture Series, brought to you by the Environmental Law Center at VLGS. The series is free, open to the public, and includes a live Q&A with the audience. This session, "How did the US legal framework allow and/or provoke disproportionate placement of polluting […]

Hot Topics: How AI Can Help Transform the Electric Grid

Join us online for this summer’s Hot Topics in Environmental Law Summer Lecture Series, brought to you by the Environmental Law Center at VLGS. The series is free, open to the public, and includes a live Q&A with the audience. This session, "How AI Can Help Transform the Electric Grid," will be presented by Heather […]

Hot Topics: Engaging Communities for Solutions to CAFOs

Join us online for this summer’s Hot Topics in Environmental Law Summer Lecture Series, brought to you by the Environmental Law Center at VLGS. The series is free, open to the public, and includes a live Q&A with the audience. This session, "Engaging Communities for Solutions to CAFOs," will be presented by Grace Hussain, Sentient […]

Veterans Advocate Training Program Presented by the Thomas M. French Veterans Advocacy Fund

The South Royalton Legal Clinic’s Veterans Legal Assistance Project, with the generous support of the Thomas M. French Veterans Advocacy Fund, is honored to provide this introductory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program focused on preparing attorneys and appointed representatives. Attorneys and other advocates must be accredited to practice before the VA. Within 12 months after […]

Presidential Conversations, Episode 1 – Constitutional Issues and Election 2024: Presidential Immunity, the Insurrection Clause, and the Electoral College

VLGS President Rod Smolla, a noted constitutional law scholar and litigator, will present a town meeting forum in which he explains constitutional issues germane to the coming 2024 Presidential Election, including such topics as presidential immunity, the Fourteenth Amendment’s “Insurrection Clause,” “Faithless Electors,” and other matters relating to the powers of states to influence outcomes […]

“First They Came for the Judges” The Story of the Women Judges of Afghanistan

Chase Community Center 164 Chelsea St., South Royalton, Vermont

This event will provide an opportunity to learn about the plight of women judges from Afghanistan over the past several years. The panel discussion will include a first-hand account of a judge’s courageous journey from Afghanistan, as well as information on current efforts to resettle Afghan women and other citizens in the state of Vermont. […]

Second Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Celebration

Julien and Virginia Cornell Library 164 Chelsea Street, South Royalton, Vermont, United States

Last year, we celebrated the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by dedicating the honorary degree she received from our school when she spoke at commencement in 1984. This year, we continue that celebration by coming together to honor Justice Ginsburg at the Second Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Celebration. Please join us on […]

Constitution Day Program

Chase Community Center 164 Chelsea St., South Royalton, Vermont

Constitution Day is an annual celebration to mark the day in 1787 when the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia. In Vermont, the occasion has been marked by a gathering of legal experts, students, and the public at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS)—in conjunction with the Vermont Bar Association (VBA)—to […]

Fall 2024 Vermont Law Review Symposium: Safeguarding Tomorrow – Part 1 of 4

Chase Community Center 164 Chelsea St., South Royalton, Vermont

Hosted by the Vermont Law Review, this symposium will focus on legal challenges and innovative solutions to protect our most vulnerable population: children. It will be held as a four-part lunch series beginning on Thursday, September 19. The first installment will focus on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The discussion will explore the impact […]

The Second U.S.-Asia Green Mountain Forum on Environmental Protection

Multicultural Center 164 Chelsea Street, South Royalton, Vermont, United States

Join us on the VLGS campus for an exciting day at the Second U.S.-Asia Green Mountain Forum on Environmental Protection to foster communication on environmental law between Asia and America. The forum promotes legal talents with global perspectives and includes four sub-forums: National Parks and Local Community, Climate Change and International Cooperation, Biodiversity Protection and […]