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Grand Staircase-Escalante, EnviroInsights

Enviroinsights: Protecting Our National Monuments

Hillary Hoffmann, Professor of Law at VLS, discusses the reductions of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as well as the efforts to overturn the presidential proclamation.

Vermont Law Top 10 Environmental Watch List

Vermont Law Top 10 Environmental Watch List

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List serves to address the important environmental issues destined to arise in 2019. Vermont Law School faculty and Vermont Journal of Environmental Law editors examine each forecasted issue, discuss the legal framework, and explain what developments we should expect in the coming year.

Helena Wooden-Aguilar JD'02

ANSWERING THE CALL

For Helena Wooden-Aguilar JD'02, one simple case provided an important lesson that she has carried with her throughout her career at the EPA, her leadership in Title VI cases, and her current position as acting deputy chief of staff for the entire agency.

ENRLC Wins Case for City of South Portland

DAVID BEATS GOLIATH

The ENRLC and its clients are celebrating a recent victory in Federal Court by the City of South Portland, Maine. The ENRLC worked with local advocates to design an ordinance to protect the community and its residents from fossil fuel infrastructure.

Power of the Law, Alumni Profiles, Vermont Law School

POWER OF THE LAW

Meet Vermont Law School alumni in an evolving series of videos and podcasts about how they are using the power of the law to make a difference in our communities and the world.

Vermont Law School

Our Promise

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.

U.S. News Best Grad Schools 2019 - #1 Environmental Law Program
U.S. News Ranks VLS No. 1 in Environmental Law

U.S. News Ranks Vermont Law School No. 1 in Environmental Law

Admissions | Vermont Law School
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.

The Environmental Law Center
Environmental Law Center

With the largest graduate environmental law program in the country, the ELC has always be ranked within the top two by the U.S. News & World Report.

Library | Academics
Library | Academics

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. 

Vermont Law School alumni
Alumni | Community

​The supportive community and unique mission of Vermont Law School foster tightly knit bonds that endure well beyond graduation. 

Online Degrees | Academics
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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