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BALANCING CORPORATE AND ACTIVIST INTERESTS: CLEAN ENERGY, WILDLIFE PROTECTION, AND LAND USE REFORM

Vermont Law Review Symposium

Environmental activists and corporations often find themselves at odds. Keynote speaker Bruce Kahn explores the challenges and commonalities between clean energy, wildlife protection, and land use.

Environmental Law Brochure 2021

Explore Environmental Law

The latest Environmental Law Center brochure highlights the 60 environmental law courses we're offering this year, plus degrees, concentrations, clinics, and opportunities for international and experiential learning.

Environmental Justice Report

New Environmental Justice Report

In "Federal Dereliction of Duty: Environmental Racism Under COVID-19," Vermont Law School's Environmental Justice Clinic exposes EPA negligence in protecting People of Color, Indigenous Peoples, and low-income communities from disproportionate impacts of COVID-19.

Labels Unwrapped | Vermont Law School Center for Agriculture and Food Systems

Decode the Laws Behind Food Labels

A new website created by students and faculty in VLS's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems empowers consumers to understand labels and make more informed food choices.

Loquitur 2021

2021 Loquitur

In this issue of our award-winning alumni magazine, Loquitur​, we highlight VLS alumni efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, repair a broken justice system, and confront toxic injustice. Read "In the Fight".

A painting of farmworkers in a field

Essentially Unprotected

A new report from VLS's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems calls for urgent policy change to protect farmworkers from heat and pesticides.

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We are committed to developing a generation of leaders who use the power of the law to make a difference in our communities and the world. Because the status quo is no longer acceptable.

Safe and Healthy Return to Campus Protocols
Safe and Healthy Return to Campus Protocols
Requirements for all students, faculty, and staff to return to campus include: signing a Health Safety Contract, producing negative COVID-19 test result, daily health screening questionnaire, and more.
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VLS Ranked a Top Environmental Law School
Vermont Law School was recently ranked a top environmental law school by U.S. News and World Report. Learn more about our premier environmental programs.
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Admissions
You are thinking about law school because you see the law as a powerful tool for changing the status quo. That's the way we see it, too.
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The Environmental Law Center
Environmental Law Center
The Environmental Law Center is home to one of the largest and most highly-ranked graduate environmental law programs in the country.
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Library
The 35,000-square-foot library houses our collections and provides a variety of study spaces across four floors, including a highly specialized environmental law collection and the Environmental Reading Room in the library’s loft. 
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Online Degrees
Are you intrigued with the idea of expanding your expertise with a Vermont Law School degree, but wonder how you can do it while working, raising a family, or being engaged in your community?                           
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