Survey Says … Californians Can Have Their Pork and Let Pigs Move

Pork producers have been spuriously asserting that a California law allowing farmed animals room to move their limbs will spell the end of bacon. This blog presents survey data showing that grocery stores, restaurants, foodservice companies, and pork producers are in fact prepared to comply with the law when it goes into effect on January 1.

Q&A with Animal Law Program Director Delcianna Winders

September 23, 2021

Delcianna (“Delci”) Winders, a renowned animal law expert and advocate, joined the Vermont Law School faculty this fall as a visiting associate professor of law and director of the new program. We caught up with VLS’s newest environmental law faculty member to learn more about animal law and how students can get involved.

A Lawyer On Thin Ice

July 10, 2016

Betsy Baker, Professor of Law at VLS, is now a go-to expert on the​ Arctic. Through her work with the U.S. State Department and the Arctic Council, an international governing body for the Arctic, Baker has played an important role in elevating the status and understanding of the frozen north.

Alumni Gallery: David Bridgers JD/MSL’93

January 25, 2019

David Bridgers JD/MSL’93 serves as common counsel to some of the country’s major gasoline and petro-fuel companies, while acting as an outside voice for the group with the EPA and the City of New York.