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 Spotlight: Wenfang Liang LLM’22

June 30, 2021

Wenfang Liang LLM’22 is a fellow with the U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law (PEL), a VLS program that works collaboratively with government institutions, non-government organizations, lawyers, judges, lawmakers, and others to promote good environmental governance in Asia.

Q&A With President Beth McCormack

July 16, 2021 When Beth McCormack was named interim president and dean by the VLS Board of Trustees on January 23, she became the first woman to hold that position […]

Course Corrections

July 22, 2021 As COVID-19 swept across the U.S., it dramatically altered the work lives of three Vermont Law School Alumni.  By Corin Hirsch In the mid-afternoon of Friday, March […]

A Fighting Chance

by David Goodman

Sherri White-Williamson JD/MERL’18 is on a mission. The North Carolina native is shining a bright light on how people of color and low-income communities bear the brunt of environmental pollution.