Veterans Week Observance, Speeches at Vermont Law School
Veterans Week will begin Monday, Nov. 10, with an observance in front of Debevoise Hall followed by keynote addresses in Chase Community Center. VLS guest 1st Lt. Mike Heaney, U.S. […]
Global Food Activist Vandana Shiva at Vermont Law School Nov. 3 for “Seeds of Change: GMOs and Vermont’s Labeling Law”
Titled "Seeds of Change: GMOs and Vermont’s Labeling Law," Shiva’s lecture is sponsored by the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at VLS in support of the Vermont Right to […]
Environmental Law Society Hosts Mountainfilm at Vermont Law School Nov. 5
Mountainfilm on Tour is an extension of the Mountainfilm Festival, a four-day event held each Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colo. It is part film festival, part ideas summit and […]
VJEL Volume 16, Issue 1, Available Now
We are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 1 of the Sixteenth Volume of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. The new issue contains timely environmental scholarship on topics such as the […]
Students Bring Street Harassment Workshop to Vermont Law School
Titled "Justice=Action for Safe Spaces," the daylong program will include a screening of the documentary "War Zone," a workshop facilitated by Shawna Potter of Hollaback! Baltimore, and an activist panel. […]
Vermont Law School Offers New Master’s Degrees in Food and Agriculture Law, Policy
The new degrees, the Master of Food and Agriculture Law and Policy (MFALP) and Master of Laws (LLM) in Food and Agriculture Law, are approved by the American Bar Association. […]
World’s Waste Focus of Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Symposium Oct. 24
The symposium, titled "Cradle to Cradle: The Elimination of Waste," will focus on four areas of waste—energy, oceans, food and agriculture, and electronics. "The amount of rubbish and leftovers we […]
VLS Enviro Clinic, Students See ‘Huge Step Forward’ in Montana Coal Case; Prepare to Depose Arch Coal, BNSF Execs
The ENRLC represents Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC) in its case against Tongue River Railroad Company, Inc., owned by Arch Coal, Inc. and BNSF Railway. Last week, the federal Surface […]
Former EPA Administrator Browner Named Vermont Law School Distinguished Environmental Law Scholar
Browner served as EPA administrator for eight years under President Bill Clinton. During that time, the EPA adopted the most stringent air pollution standards in the nation’s history, including a […]
Transgender Rights, Criminal Justice Issues Headline Oct. 3 Vermont Law Review Symposium
The daylong program will include panels and workshops on social movements and the law, trans* rights, and prison reform and criminal justice issues. “We will discuss how social movements can […]