VJEL Symposium Oct 25, 2019

The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2019, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bridging The Gap - Reconciling Agriculture With Environmentalism
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Symposium will foster provocative discussions about adopting agricultural and environmental laws, regulations, policies, and practices to help reconcile the goals of the agricultural industry with environmental goals.

Climate Migration: Not If, But When

Hothouse Earth Episode #6 is Now Live!

Climate Migration: Not If, But When

Join experts from the nation's premier environmental law school as they provide concise, accessible conversation on the most pressing environmental issues of our time. In our latest episode, VLS Visiting Scholar Barry Hill and Professor of Law Carmen Gonzalez, discuss how people or even entire populations are being displaced by the increasingly severe effects of climate change.

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.

Hothouse Earth Podcast is Now Live!

Hothouse Earth Podcast is Now Live!

Join experts from the nation's premier environmental law school as they provide concise, accessible conversation on the most pressing environmental issues of our time. In our latest episode, environmental law litigators, Pat Parenteau and Zyg Plater, discuss how to roll back the regulatory rollbacks of Trump's "America First Energy Plan" as well as if the climate crisis will be a key issue in the upcoming presidential election.

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.

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VLS Ranked a Top Environmental Law School by U.S. News and World Report

Vermont Law School was recently ranked a top environmental law school by U.S. News and World Report. Visit the link below to learn more about our premier environmental programs.

Admissions | Vermont Law School

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 been 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

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?