Vermont Law School blog articles featuring stories and projects about human rights campaigns, issues, cases, and more. From stories on how VLS students are making changes in the human rights field of law to legal assistance volunteer projects helping asylumseekers, learn how VLS students and faculty are influencing the human rights world.
Students Represent VLS at Moot Court Competition
May 16, 2018
Five VLS students represented VLS this winter at National Moot Court competitions. Kira Kelley ’18 and Samantha Doyle ’19 represented VLS at the 26th Annual National NALSA Moot Court Competition and Sarah Munger ’18, Sabrina Camboulives ’18, and Matthew Arnold ’18 advanced to the quarterfinals at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. Read more »
GLOBAL REACH WITH JOSEPH KAIFALA JD'13
November 18, 2016
Born in Sierra Leone, VLS alum Joseph Kaifala now returns to the country he used to call home to rebuild schools and libraries. Read more »
GLOBAL REACH WITH CARINA ROSELLI JD'13
November 16, 2016
A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, VLS alum Carina Roselli sees a bigger fight environmental preservation. Read more »
GLOBAL REACH WITH OLGA KARIYAWASAM LLM'12
November 12, 2016
VLS alum Olga Kariyawasam's credentials speak for themselves as her bilingual assets are in high demand in a globalized economy. Read more »
GLOBAL REACH WITH SHAZIA KHAN JD'03
November 8, 2016
VLS alum Shazia Khan is on a mission to provide a country with 55 million people without electricity the power they need. Read more »
A VOICE FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
September 28, 2016
In her work and in her teaching, Stephanie Farrior has shown that the fight for social justice knows no boundaries.
SUPPORTING ASYLUM SEEKERS
June 24, 2016
Over spring break a group of VLS students volunteered with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Texas to provide legal assistance to asylum-seeking mothers and children being held at detention centers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.