Lessons for Law Students: Courage and Judgment
Written by Rodney A. Smolla, VLGS President On June 6, 2024, Vermont Law and Graduate School welcomed back to Vermont the first class of Online Hybrid Juris Doctor students. These […]
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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.
Petition Calls for Rescinding USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service’s NEPA Exclusion
The Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a petition for rulemaking to […]
Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic represents HSUS and CBD in SEC complaint against JBS SA and Pilgrim’s Pride for apparent false and misleading sustainability claims
Today, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Center for Biological Diversity (Center), with the assistance of the Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School, filed […]
ALPI welcomes animal law distinguished scholar Iselin Gambert
Each summer, VLGS welcomes distinguished scholars in the fields of environmental, energy, agriculture, animal advocacy, and international environmental law. Visiting scholars deliver a public lecture, participate in academic and informal social […]
Professor Winders and Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro joined the BBC’s Tech Life: Listen In!
Helping Our Animal Friends Lab testing of animals is often used to study diseases, or assess the safety of new drugs or substances before they are trialled on humans. Could […]
Welcome Animal Law Media Fellow Christine Ro
Thanks to generous funding from the ASPCA, the Animal Law and Policy Institute welcomes Christine Ro as one of our summer media fellows. Christine worked for environmental and international development […]
Congratulations to the Animal Law and Policy Graduates
This May, Vermont Law and Graduate School celebrated another graduating class of incredible students setting out to make a difference in the world. Along with law students who earned a […]
National Institutes of Health Selects Law Lab Study on Climate Change and Public Health for Special Collection
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the proposal, “Quantifying the Impact of Flood Adaptation on Dengue Fever with Geospatial Analysis: a Case Study in Pasig-Marikina-Laguna Lake Watershed, the […]
Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic Students Draft Letter Supporting Petition for Clarity on Federal and State Roles in Enforcing Anti-Cruelty Laws
Photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC) recently drafted comments in support of Animal Partisan’s petition before the U.S. Department of […]
