Overview
China's rapid economic growth has led to unprecedented environmental and public health problems, and the nation needs trained lawyers and policy-makers who can enforce and implement environmental laws and regulations as well as instructors who can train the next generation of environmental advocates. The U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law at Vermont Law School is helping to meet this need. Since 2006, the Partnership has trained thousands of Chinese lawyers, government officials and educators, giving them the skills and academic infrastructure needed to solve environmental and energy challenges in China through the rule of law. The Partnership has made a notable impact in building the institutional capacity of our Chinese partners, assisting the development of Chinese environmental law, and creating environmental leaders, some of whom are now in key positions at government agencies, including the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the judiciary.
Recent Highlights
- Jason Czarnezki's "Boom to Bust: China, the U.S., and the Environment" in the Huffington Post
- China Partnership and Uppsala University receive Swedish grant to collaborate with SYSU on "China Workshop on Environmental and Public Health Law"
- The Valley News spoke to Assistant Professor Siu Tip Lam on Dec. 11 about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's talk at the Vermont Women's Economic Opportunity Conference.
- Faculty Director Jason Czarnezki's op-ed "Czarnezki, Field: Are Food Imports from China Safe?" on VTDigger
- Professor Jingjing Liu in the Yale Daily News: "Liu Calls for Environmental Law Collaboration" at Yale-China Association
- US-China Legal Cooperation Fund Announces New Grants
- China Program Faculty Director, Jason Czarnezki's "Genetically Engineered Salmon Needn't Be Mystery Meat for Consumers" on Huffington Post
- Tyler Ward '13 Hosts Chinese Energy Visitors
- VT Law School, China's Premier Law School Collaborate On Environmental Research, Rule of Law Projects
- New Grant Trains Chinese Judges to Enforce Environmental Laws
- VT Law School's U.S.-China Partnership Names New Faculty Director
- China Opens First Public Interest Environmental Law Firm With Help from Vermont Law School
- China, U.S. Must Cooperate to Reduce Global Warming, VJEL Panelists Say
- VT Law Symposium to Explore China's Environmental Governance
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By helping to strengthen China's environmental laws and policies and increasing the Chinese public's awareness of environmental issues, VLS will open doors for future cooperation between our two countries on global environmental challenges.”U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
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