Required courses are subject to change. For more​ information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: registrar@vermontlaw.edu.


​​​34 cred​its​

REQUIRED COURSES
All of the following courses:
Course CodeCourse TitleCredits
CLM5200Fundamentals of Climate Change2
ENG5220Environmental Economics and Markets3
EJU5110Structural Inequality1
EJU5120Fundamentals of Environmental Justice2
​POL5510Intro to Policy Research and Writing3
POL5520Quantitative Analysis2
POL5530Policy Design3
​REQ7186Legislation and Regulation Survey3
REQUIRED NON-CREDIT MODULES
Course CodeCourse TitleCredits
EJU5100Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
POL5100Public Participation 
POL5200Professional Identity Formation 
POL5300Negotiation and Consensus-Building 

Students must choose either Research or Practice Track

RESEARCH TRACK 
Course CodeCourse TitleCredits
POL5700Thesis Seminar I3
POL5701​Thesis Seminar II​1
PRACTICE TRACK
At least one of the following courses: 
Course CodeCourse TitleCredits
 MCEP Externship 
CLI9302Environmental Advocacy Clinic (JD students only) 
CLI9318Environmental Justice Clinic 
CLI9321Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic 
CLI9427Energy Clinic 
CLI9428​Food and Agriculture Clinic 
ENV5535Transnational Environmental Practicum 

​Remaining electives may be chosen from the courses and experiential options listed above and from the following list of approved courses.

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​ELECTIVE COURSES​​
Course CodeCourse TitleCredits
ADR6405Arbitration​​2
ADR6410Alternative Dispute Resolution​​3
ADR6412Mediation​​2
ADR6415Environmental Dispute Resolution​​3
ADR6420Negotiation​​2
ADR6450Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar​​2
​BUS6262Social Enterprise Law​​2
BUS6305Non-Profit Organizations​​3
BUS6350Non-Profit Management​​2
CLI9302Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM students only)6
CLI9326Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM only)6
CLI9405Dispute Resolution Clinic I​​4
CLI9427Energy Clinic4
CLI9428Food and Agriculture Clinic4
CLI9437Advanced Energy Clinic4
CLI9450Land Use Clinic (JD or LLM students only)6
DIV7620Native Americans and the Law​​3
DIV7628Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment​​2
ENV5105Administrative Law​​3
ENV5108Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy3
ENV5112Science for Environmental Law​​3
ENV5115Environmental Law​​3
ENV5125Land Use Regulation​​3
ENV5205Air Pollution​​ Law and Policy3
ENV5209The Law of Toxics and Hazardous Substances3
ENV5210CERCLA Liability and Cleanup3
ENV5212Climate Change and the Law​​3
ENV5220Environmental Economics and Markets​​3
ENV5223Environmental Governance in the Developing World2
ENV5226Energy Law and Policy in a Carbon-Constrained World​​3
ENV5228Energy Regulation, Markets and the Environment3
ENV5229Environmental Issues in Business3
ENV5230Global Energy Law and Policy2
ENV5235Natural Resources Law​​3
ENV5239Land Transactions and Finance​​3
ENV5245Water Resources Management3
ENV5246Water Quality​​3
ENV5250Watershed Management​​ and Protection3
ENV5303Advanced Energy Writing Seminar​​2
ENV5305Environmental Ethics​​2
ENV5306Comparative Environmental Law Research​​2
ENV5310Environmental Health Law​​2
ENV5335Extinction and Climate Change​​2
ENV5336Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation2
ENV5342Legal Adaptations to Global Warming2
ENV5343Climate Change Adaptation in Human Systems2
ENV5344Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy2
ENV5346New Frontiers in Environmental Policies2
ENV5349Regulating the Marine Environment​​2
ENV5350Risk Assessment2
ENV5356Scientific Controversies​​2
ENV5365Climate Change: the Power of Taxes​​2
ENV5375Global Energy Justice2
ENV5380Food Regulation and Policy​​3
ENV5381Local Farm and Food Law in Practice3
ENV5383Food Justice & Sustainability3
ENV5401Agriculture and the Environment3
ENV5405Ecosystem Conservation Strategies​​2
ENV5406Animal Rights Jurisprudence​​2
ENV5408The Law of Animals in Agriculture2
ENV5410The Farm Bill2
ENV5411Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture2
ENVRepresenting Farmers and Food Producers 
ENV5423Ocean and Coastal Law​​3
ENV5430Ecology​​3
ENV5446Environmental Justice​​2
ENV5449Environmental Litigation Workshop2
ENV5462Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study​​3
ENV5468Oil and Gas Production and the Environment​​2
ENV5474Land Conservation Law​​2
ENV5478Global Food Security and Social Justice​2
ENV5479Law and Policy of Local Food Systems​2
ENV5500Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions​​2
ENV5510Essentials of the Electric Grid​​: Engineering1
ENV5521Earth Law​​2
ENV5540Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy2
ENV5561​Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​2
ENV5564​Peace, War and the Environment​2
ENV5561Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​​2
ENVAnimal Welfare Law 
GPP7819Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (JD students only)2
INT7412Law of the European Union2
INT7414European Union Law Trento2
INT7421International Environmental Law​​ and Policy3
INT7440Comparative U.S.-China Environmental Law​​2
INT7445European Community Environmental Law2
INT7446International Trade and the Environment​​2
INT7450International Investment Arbitration and the Environment2
JUR7307Culture and the Environment​​2
JUR7330Moral Philosophy for Professionals2
JUR7333Animal Law and Ethics3
PUB7510Legislation​​3
PUB7525Legislative Clinic​​6
WRI7380Advanced Environmental Legal Research​​​1

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