VLGS Blog

The Vermont Law and Graduate School blog features insightful posts and articles about JD, LLM, and master’s degree students, faculty members, alumni, and others in the VLGS community. Explore engaging discussions on environmental law and policy, energy, food and agriculture, international law, animal protection, human rights, and more.

Will Our Community Own Our Solar Power?

April 6, 2017

As community solar projects become increasingly popular around the country, there’s a question that any potential participants should be askin​​​g: will our community actually own our solar power?​​

Students Dive Into Summer Ocean Work

May 8, 2017 ​By Sarah M. Reiter, Associate Director, Career Serv​ices and Adjunct Faculty Our students will be traveling far and wide this summer to experience law for the community […]

Trump’s War on Science

May 12, 2017 As a candidate, Donald Trump famously dismissed climate change as a “hoax” invented by the Chinese to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. As President, […]

Not So Fast, Mr. Trump

June 5, 2017 By Pat Parenteau, Senior Counsel and Professor, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic​​ June 1, 2017,​ will go down as the day the United States turned its […]

Honoring Professor Emeritus Gil Kujovich

[updated Jan. 2, 2018] With great sadness we announce the death of Gil Kujovich, Professor Emeritus of Vermont Law School. Professor Kujovich, 71, passed away after a long illness in […]

Remembering Professor Alex Banks

December 20, 2017 Dec. 20, 2017 Dear VLS Community, With a heavy heart I share with you that on Monday, Dec. 18, our friend, colleague, teacher, and alumnus Professor Alexander […]