Restorative Re-Write: Humpty Dumpty
February 18, 2021 By Robert Sand Founding Director, Center for Justice Reform The New Year invites a time for family and reflection, sometimes even reflections on our own childhood. Thinking […]
VLGS Blog
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.
Student Voice: Integrating Restorative Justice into Judicial Training
February 18, 2021 By Kyla Schweber MARJ’21 Introduction Restorative justice differs from the traditional adversarial process, which tends to be a very cookie-cutter form of justice. In the current correctional […]
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.
Vermont COVID-19 Equity Fund
Students and staff of the Vermont Immigrant Assistance (VIA) Project, part of the South Royalton Legal Clinic, have been assisting undocumented immigrants with their registrations for state covid-19 funds.
VLS Confronts Embedded Racism in the Law
February 26, 2021 The murder of George Floyd by police on May 25, 2020, triggered grief, horror, and outrage throughout America and the entire world. It also triggered a groundswell […]
Dr. Pointer publishes new Restorative Justice book
Dr. Lindsey Pointer, assistant director of the National Center on Restorative Justice and an assistant professor at VLS, recently published her second book focusing on restorative justice practices. Published […]
Meet the Student-Professor Team Behind VLS’s New Podcast Miniseries
March 8, 2021
Titled “Elevate,” the three-part interview series is the brainchild of VLS student Veronica Ung-Kono JD/MERL’21 and professor Jeannie Oliver. We caught up with the duo to hear more about it.
Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Thompson AJD’17
March 9, 2021 Rachel Thompson AJD’17 has always been passionate about fighting for what is right and defending those who don’t have a voice. She chose to pursue a law […]
Meet the New Cohort of Chinese Environmental Mission Scholars
March 11, 2021
This year, Vermont Law School’s U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law is supporting 15 aspiring lawyers working pro bono on environmental advocacy in China
Alumni Spotlight: Delinda Passas MARJ’20
March 18, 2021 Delinda Passas MARJ’20 was among the first cohort of online Master of Arts in Restorative Justice (MARJ) students in 2018 and continues to stay an active part […]