For Parents

9:00 am -11:00 pm

Fitness Center Open

Parents and family members ages 16+ may use the fitness center at any point during the day. Guest pass required for entry. Guest passes can be picked up from Theresa Johnson in the Deans' Office, second floor of Debevoise Hall, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

5:00 pm

Vermont Law School Town Hall Meeting

Jonathon B. Chase Community Center

Family members are invited to join VLS students, faculty, and staff to discuss the issues of the day.

6:00 am-11:00pm

Fitness Center Open

Parents and family members ages 16+ may use the fitness center at any point during the day. Guest pass required for entry. Guest passes can be picked up at registration or from Theresa Johnson in the Deans' Office, second floor of Debevoise Hall, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

7:30 am-5:00 pm

Family Visiting Day Registration

Chase Breezeway

9:00 am-4:00 pm

Campus Tours

Chase Breezeway

Student ambassadors will guide tours of the campus throughout the day. Tours will depart every hour on the hour from the registration table.

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

Yates Common Room, Debevoise Hall

8:30 am

MORNING CLASSES I

Choose one. Classroom locations announced at registration.

A) Estates with Professor Stephanie Willbanks
This course examines gratuitous transfers by trusts, wills, and interstate succession; execution and revocation of wills; administration of estates; spousal rights; the nature of trusts and fiduciary relationships; powers of appointment; and future interests.

B) Environmental Economics and Markets with Benjamin Sovacool
Introduces students to the discipline of environmental economics and exposes them to debates over the use of market-based instruments in environmental and energy policy. It also introduces students to basic economics and finance concepts, examines key principles, and applies these basic elements and concepts to common environmental problems and actual case studies.

9:55 am

MORNING CLASSES II

Choose one. Classroom locations announced at registration.

A) Corporations and Other Business Associations with Jennifer Taub
Provides a basic understanding of the different organizational forms for businesses, including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships, general partnerships, and sole proprietorships. The course also examines the law of agency, and surveys selected topics such as basic accounting principles, business formation, financing, dissolution, and securities regulation.

B) To Be Determined

11:20 am

Supporting Your Student

Location announced at registration

Visit with an expert panel to discuss ways to support your student—through everything from final exams to student loan repayments and the job search.

12:00 pm

Lunch

Yates Common Room

Buffet lunch with remarks by President and Dean Marc Mihaly; Ed Mattes, Jr. '83, Chairman, VLS Board of Trustees; and The Honorable Paul Reiber, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

1:00 pm

Vermont Law Review Symposium:
A Discussion of the Future of Lawyers and the Legal Profession

Jonathon B. Chase Community Center

For more information and a complete Symposium schedule, please visit the Vermont Law Review website.

5:00 pm

Cocktail Reception

Yates Common Room

10:00am-1:00pm
 &
3:00pm-6:00pm

Fitness Center Open

Parents and family members ages 16+ may use the fitness center during the designated times. Guest pass required for entry. Guest passes can be picked up Thursday or Friday from Theresa Johnson in the Deans' Office, second floor of Debevoise Hall, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, or Friday at the Family Visiting Day registration table in the Chase Breezeway.