VLS ALUMNI: Monica Miller JD’12
August 31, 2020 California-based Monica Miller JD’12 fights for the separation of church and state. As legal director and senior counsel for the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center […]
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.
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.
Food and Land Justice: 3 Must-Read Books for Aspiring Attorneys
September 11, 2020
Panelists from a recent Center for Agriculture and Food Systems event on structural racism in American agriculture discuss the books that inspire their work.
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.
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
Clinic Co-Pilots Legislation to Protect Vermont’s Surface Waters
October 12, 2020
Read about Act H.833, a new bill that will protect Vermont surface waters and make the state more resilient against climate change. The bill became law last week, thanks to a coalition of environmental organizations represented by VLS’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic.
Current Student Allison Berg JD/MERL’21 on Why VLS
October 26, 2020 Hometown: Oakland Valley, New York Why Vermont Law School?: Vermont Law School offers an unparalleled quantity and quality of courses taught by established industry experts. Plus, its […]
EJ Clinic Conversations: Struggles and Triumphs in Flint: An Interview with Father Philip Schmitter
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?
SRLC Helping LGBTQ Vermonters in the Wake of Justice Barrett’s Confirmation
November 5, 2020 By Meg York, Staff Attorney and Assistant Professor Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court has caused many Vermonters to fear that their rights are in […]
Student Voice: Concerning Hope
November 16, 2020 By Karla Barron MARJ’21 Everyone is feeling something. The uplifted weight of the false and negative rhetoric that now lies in defeat. It is a sigh of […]
