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Class Gift

Donate to the Class of 2011 Gift Fund

Community involvement has been a defining characteristic of the Vermont Law School student body since the school’s inception. That’s why the Class of 2011 has chosen as their class gift to raise $50,000 for an endowed scholarship honoring exemplary community leadership at the local, state, national, or international level.

Once the endowment is established, the Class of 2011 Community Leader Scholarship will be awarded annually in the spring to a second-year JD student or a MELP or LLM student who has made a significant impact in developing or fostering community during his or her time as a Vermont Law School student.

The Class of 2011 Community Leader Scholarship will reward students who balance academic and extracurricular passions to actively promote the VLS tradition of making a difference in the world. This is only the second VLS scholarship available to upperclassmen; this scholarship will recognize current students for their leadership and provide a much-needed resource to strong students in the midst of their Vermont Law School experience.

The Class of 2011 gift is part of a commitment to grow Vermont Law School’s endowment by $5 million over the next five years. Sixty percent of our student body currently receives financial assistance; this increase is specifically intended to ensure that our students receive the critical financial support both needed and deserved as they train to become exceptional community advocates.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 in gifts and pledges by June 30, 2011. Please join the Class of 2011 in making this scholarship a reality for future VLS students. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Class of 2008 Gift Forges the Trail

Read about the Class of 2008's gift
Photo of Nicole Lynch carrying forest litter.Nicole Lynch was hiking Kent’s Ledge last fall, making her way past the washed out sections of the popular trail and dodging the downed tree limbs when the thought came to her: Why not set out to clean up and maintain the trail for others? And the seeds were sown for the Kent’s Ledge Improvement Project, which would beat out the competition for class gift proposals from Vermont Law School’s Class of 2008. More...

2010 Class Gift

The class is working to raise $50,000 to establish the Class of 2010 Erin Woolley Scholarship. Once established, the endowment will allow a scholarship to be given each year to a second- or third-year student who has overcome personal adversity, is not receiving merit scholarship, and has demonstrated commitment to women's or children's issues or economic justice.

2009 Class Gift

The members of the Class of 2009 have chosen to leave a very special class gift as their legacy at Vermont Law School: a conference room in the new South Royalton Legal Clinic.