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 […]
Ann Kirby: VLS Student’s Work with Defense in Leon Brown, Henry McCollum Case ‘Invaluable’
Christopher Knowles ’15, a juris doctor candidate at VLS, worked closely with Leon Brown‘s defense attorney Ann Kirby. Together they pored over thousands of pages of trial transcripts, discovery documents, […]
Sen. Leahy to Announce $759,000 in USDA Funding for Vermont Law School Center for Agriculture and Food Systems; Press Conference Wednesday, Sept. 24
The USDA funding will support dissemination of agricultural and food law research and the development of legal tools related to two key sustainability issues—land tenure and gleaning. "Vermont Law School […]
VT Incarcerated Women’s Initiative summit Sept. 30 at Vermont Law
The day-long event, "The Incarcerated Women’s Initiative, Then and Now: Vermont Summit on Women in Corrections," is open to the public and press and will include panel discussions and a […]