Below is a selection of recent news highlights featuring members of Vermont Law and Graduate School’s faculty and staff.

Dan Delurey, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate

Climate Change and Green Energy with Dan Delurey
June 10, 2026
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Dan Delurey, senior fellow for energy and climate, joined Vox Pop to discuss emerging clean energy technologies and climate change.

Jared Carter JD'09, professor of Law

AI-Generated Video of Vermont Congressional Race Tests New State Disclosure Law
June 11, 2026
WCAX
Jared Carter JD’09, professor of law, weighed in on the legality of the recent AI-generated video portraying Representative Becca Balint and Republican contender Mark Coester.

Delcianna Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at VLGS.

A Sloth Exhibitor Shut Down by New York Wants a Florida Comeback—and Florida Licensed Him
June 17, 2026
Inside Climate News
Delcianna Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute, comments on an exotic animal exhibitor’s relaunched sloth-encounters business, and the lack of concrete action from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Department of Justice.

Robert Sand JD'87, Founding Director, Center for Justice Reform and Professor of Law

‘I Tried So Hard to Stop Jack’: Woman Denies Manslaughter Charge in Dog Attack On Her Father
June 19, 2026
VTDigger
Robert Sand JD’87, professor of law, comments on a case of a Vermont woman facing charges for a dog attack.

Pat Parenteau, professor of law emeritus and senior fellow for climate policy, environmental law center

Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances
June 21, 2026
Inside Climate News
A lawsuit by Greenpeace International against Energy Transfer, a U.S.-based fossil fuel company in the Netherlands, was recently pushed forward by a ruling in favor of the environmental organization. This case is also connected to ongoing litigation in the U.S. over protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Pat Parenteau, professor of law emeritus, comments on the outlook.

Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Advocacy Clinic

Global Experts Back Greener Development Through Rule of Law
June 24, 2026
Chinadaily.com.cn
Legal and environmental experts recently met in Hangzhou, China, to discuss using the rule of law to advance green development and tackle climate change. Christophe Courchesne, director of the Environmental Law Center and Environmental Advocacy Clinic, is quoted.

Rodney Smolla, professor of law

Why Did the Founders Create the Electoral College—And Why Do We Still Have It?
June 24, 2026
Reader’s Digest
Rod Smolla, professor of law, discusses the role of the electoral college and the way that it functions today.