Admissions

Vermont Law and Graduate School’s academic programs are designed to transform legal expertise and skills into tools of consequence. As the top environmental law school, we offer on-campus programming for candidates who wish to pursue a Juris Doctor, Master’s, LLM, Dual, or Joint degree, as well as online curriculum for Master’s and LLM degrees. Our environmental law school curriculum covers a broad range of the most topical legal issues of our time, including animal law, environmental law, animal law and policy, energy regulation and law, food and agriculture law and policy, and restorative justice. More information about each degree track and the associated admissions process can be found by visiting our degree programs pages. We also invite you to attend one of our upcoming admissions events to learn more.

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Residential and Online Hybrid JD Degrees

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Master’s Degrees

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LLM Degrees

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Joint Degrees

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Dual Degrees

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Online Degrees

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Admissions Events

Quixada Moore-Vissing, interim director of the Center for Justice Reform
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Restorative Justice: Graduate Programs Edition

January 21

The Office of Admissions invites you to a restorative justice focused session with Quixada Moore-Vissing, interim director of the Center for Justice Reform and visiting assist…

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How to Apply: A Session for International Applicants

January 23

Join Aude-Mathilde Gallaud LLM’24, our international admissions counselor, for an info session focused on the application process for international applicants. We’ll c…

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Meet VLGS Online Hybrid JD Students

January 28

Are you interested in pursuing your law degree, but not sure a full-time, residential program is right for you? Our Online Hybrid JD (OHJD) program offers the same rigorous le…

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Get to Know Our Center for Agriculture and Food Systems

February 3

The Office of Admissions invites you to join us, along with members of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) team, for a session focused on food and agriculture […

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Get to Know Our Master of Legal Studies Program

February 4

The Office of Admissions invites you to join us along with Xiaoyu Zhang LLM’17, director of the Master of Legal Studies program and assistant professor of law, for a ses…

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Energy Policy: Graduate Programs Edition

February 12

The Office of Admissions invites you to join us for a session devoted to energy policy with Mark James LLM’16, interim director of the Institute for Energy and the Envir…

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Environmental Policy: Graduate Programs Edition

March 4

The Office of Admissions invites you to join us for a session focused on our environmental graduate programs with Yanmei Lin, acting director of the Maverick Lloyd School for …

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