Vermont Law School students are committed to environmental justice. Ahead, read how they're tackling some of the most pressing environmental issues of our time while also fighting for racial justice in partnership with marginalized communities.
Students Help Draft Vermont's First Environmental Justice Policy
May 19, 2021
Vermont Law School's Environmental Justice Clinic worked alongside legislators to develop language for a new bill. Read more »
Fighting Environmental Racism in the U.S. Virgin Islands
February 19, 2021
Students in Vermont Law School’s Environmental Justice Clinic are supporting frontline communities in their fight against an oil refinery that has polluted a Caribbean Island for decades. Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS IN FLINT
October 28, 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement and the spread of COVID have once again raised the question: How much pollution can a community tolerate? Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: LISTENING TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE VOICES
October 2, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians interview Kerene Tayloe, Director of Federal Legislative Affairs at WE ACT for Environmental Justice.Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT PIONEER JOSÉ BRAVO
September 18, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians Sophia Battle JD'21 and Joel Nelson JD'21 talk with José Bravo, Executive Director of the Just Transition Alliance. Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: AN ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE POWER OF INFORMATION
August 31, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians Vanessa Romero JD/MELP'21 and Kendall Keelen JD'22 Talk with Naeema Muhammad, Director of Organizing at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: The Struggle for Racial Justice in Rural Alabama
August 19, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinicians John Kirkpatrick and Patrick Raya speak with Perry County, Alabama, Commissioner Benjamin Eaton. Read more »
TRACE THE ROOTS: VOICES LEFT OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONVERSATIONS
August 26, 2020
Environmental Justice Law Society (EJLS) is proud announce the premier of Trace the Roots: Voices Left Out of Environmental Conversations, a short documentary featuring environmental justice leaders Mustafa Santiago Ali, Raya Salter, and Nadia Seeteram. Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: KESHA RAM TALKS ABOUT A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NARRATIVE FOR VERMONT
August 19, 2020
Environmental Justice Clinic students Rico Edwards JD'22/MARJ'19 and Blake Whitehead MARJ'20 interview Center for Whole Communities Senior Fellow and Vermont State Senate candidate Kesha Ram. Read more »
EJ CLINIC CONVERSATIONS: VLS CLINICIANS LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF WARRIORS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
August 12, 2020
Introducing the Environmental Justice Clinic’s new blog series, in which student teams sit down with clients and partners from across the country. Over the next six weeks, we’ll hear their perspectives on the connections between environmental justice, the struggle for racial justice, and the Movement for Black Lives. Read more »
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS RACIAL JUSTICE
June 22, 2020
This is a moment of truth for the nation, and environmental law and VLS graduates have a key role to play in confronting and eradicating the racism that permeates every facet of American society. Read more »
Statement of Solidarity and Call to Action from the Environmental Justice Law Society
June 3, 2020
A VLS student group responds to the murders of Black Americans, white supremacy, systemic racism, and the protests that have erupted in response. Read more »
Environmental Justice Clinic Goes to Alabama
May 7, 2020
As a member of Vermont Law School's new Environmental Justice (EJ) Clinic, I recently had the opportunity to visit and work with members of the Ashurst Bar/Smith community in Tallassee, Alabama, who are being subjected to the negative effects of living near a large solid waste landfill. Read more »