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.
June 5, 2020 The Food and Agriculture Law Society stands with Black communities, organizers, and protesters. FALS stands in support and solidarity of Black lives because Black Lives Matter. We […]
The Death of George Floyd: The Laws and Limits of Minnesota’s Homicide Statutes
June 11, 2020 Assistant Professor Emily Spiegel recently teamed up with Food and Agriculture Clinic student Cydnee Bence JD’20 to create an innovative guide to intellectual property for plant breeders. […]
Across the country, Vermont Law School graduates are helping provide clarity amid a swirl of confusing and sometimes conflicting cannabis laws.
June 18, 2020
Two longtime professors and environmental public interest lawyers team up to teach a new summer course on protecting public lands out West.
Professor Pat Parenteau June 22, 2020 The horrific killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers, caught on a bystander’s cell phone, has shocked the world and galvanized the […]
by Claire Andrews, Program Coordinator, U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law July 8, 2020 Hiking in Vermont is the gift that keeps on giving, no matter the season. Whether the branches […]
July 9, 2020 Congratulations to the Class of 2020 award winners! On June 26, the VLS community gathered virtually to recognize several of our graduating students for outstanding service, stewardship […]
July 10, 2020 Anyone will tell you that law school is not easy. From cold calling to appellate, journals to bar prep, it’s a very busy three years. Add on […]
July 13, 2020
As the executive director of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, a VLS alumna channels her Master’s in Food and Agriculture Law and Policy to bolster staple crop supply chains in the Upper Midwest.
