SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont (Feb. 21, 2025) — The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School is seeking applicants for summer media fellowships. This year, the center is accepting three journalists focused on environmental law and policy and two focused on animal law and policy. The fellowships are open to full-time journalists who cover environmental issues such as natural resources, energy, legal affairs, public health, animal law and policy and other environment-related subjects.
Selected 2025 media fellows have access to distinguished faculty and visiting policy leaders. They can meet for on- or off-the-record conversations with these experts to develop new insights, meet new sources and gain renewed enthusiasm for covering the critical issues in climate change, animal law, energy and other areas.
The three environmental law media fellows will audit environmental courses for two weeks in June or July. These fellows will receive a $1,250 stipend, free housing and a tuition waiver (travel not included). A one-week option is available with a $625 stipend.
Also, thanks to funding from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®), the two animal law media fellows will receive free housing, a tuition waiver, a $750 stipend and travel reimbursement. Fellows may audit the weekend-intensive Animal Undercover Investigations course or a one-week Animal Welfare Science and Ethics course.
Media fellows also take part in the Summer Session webinar series, “Hot Topics in Environmental Law,” delivering a 45-minute, informal lecture on an environmental or animal law and policy topic of their choosing. Outside of classroom time, fellows can also enjoy the beauty of the VLGS campus, historic South Royalton and rural Vermont. Family members are welcome.
Fellows are selected from applicants based on work history, samples and commitment to covering environmental law and policy issues or animal protection issues and their potential for increasing understanding of these issues nationwide.
The application deadline for all fellowships is midnight EST Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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