VLS to Host 46th Commencement Exercises on May 15
The classes of 2020 and 2021 to be celebrated with virtual graduation ceremony Vermont Law School will celebrate the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 when it hosts its 46th […]
VLS Environmental Law Center to Present Annual Norman Williams Lecture on Planning for Wildfire-Resilient Communities
Molly Mowery, executive director of the Community Wildfire Planning Center, will discuss “Planning for Wildfire-Resilient Communities in an Era of Uncertainty” during Vermont Law School’s 17th annual Norman Williams Distinguished […]
Vermont Law School and ASPCA Seek Journalists for New Animal Law Media Fellowship
Full cost of fellowship covered by ASPCA grant to increase dialogue around lack of legal protections for farm animals and related policy issues Vermont Law School (VLS) and the ASPCA® […]
VLS Releases Anti-Racism Statement and Diversity Report and Plan
Vermont Law School (VLS) today released an anti-racism statement that recognizes that “the law has too often neglected Black, Brown and Indigenous peoples, as well as members of the LGBTQ […]
VLS Legal Clinic to Examine the Embedded Racism of Language Access Barriers
The South Royalton Legal Clinic (SRLC) at Vermont Law School (VLS) will explore the obstacles people of color who have limited English proficiency face in accessing human and health services […]
VLS Environmental Law Center to host “Preparing for Environmental Practice,” third event in law curriculum workshop series
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (March 15, 2021) – The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School (VLS) will host “Preparing for Environmental Practice,” the third and final roundtable in its Emerging […]
Environmental Justice Law Society to Present Panel Discussion on Youth and the Environment
Vermont Law School’s Environmental Justice Law Society (EJLS) will hear from the next generation of community organizers and uncover the future of environmental, climate, racial, and socioeconomic justice when it […]
Animal Law Lecture Series to Explore the Parallels and Synergies of Animal Law and Environmental Law
The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School (VLS) will host “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies” on March 12. The event is free and open to the […]
Vermont Endangered Species Committee Votes to Protect Endangered Bats
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (Feb. 26, 2021) – Vermont’s Endangered Species Committee took a decisive step today in upholding the state’s endangered species law by declaring that a pesticide-spraying program in Vermont’s […]
Trash Incinerators Pollute Frontline Communities While Claiming Renewable Energy Subsidies
Newark’s Ironbound community protests pollution “New Jersey’s Dirty Secret,” a new report from Vermont Law School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic and Earthjustice, exposes how trash incinerators fuel environmental injustice. In a […]