Constitution Day 2023

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Chase Community Center

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INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE AND LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY: LEVERAGING LAWS IN THE U.S. AND CHINA TO PROTECT HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT: 产业化畜牧业与法律责任：运用法律保护人类、动物和环境 - 中美经验

8:00am - 10:00am

JURIST Info Session with Jaclyn Belczyk

8:00am - 9:00am

Online Hybrid JD Oath of Professionalism

9:10am - 11:00am

Remote

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Hot Topics: Reporting from the Void: Americans' "Rights" to Nutritious Food, Potable Water, and Clean Air

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: The Unwanted Neighbor: How Indoor Cannabis Cultivators Raise Environmental Justice Concerns

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: ESG: Who is Making the Rules?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Climate Change: The Biggest Human Rights Issue of the 21st Century

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: How New Clean Energy Could Benefit from Old Coal Plants

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Can State Tort Litigation Do to Big Oil What it Did to Big Tobacco?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: West Virginia v. EPA's Major Questions Doctrine Turns One: An Assessment

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: The New UN Plastics Convention

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

Temporarily cancelled (weather)

Hot Topics: The Case Against Pet Ownership

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Animals as Property, Quasi-Property or Quasi-Person

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Hot Topics: Legislating Light Pollution: Examining Light Pollution Laws in the U.S.

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Hot Topics: The Chesapeake Bay

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Hot Topics: Technical, Community and Regulatory Components of Resilience, Castaner Microgrid Case Study

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Surviving the Megadrought

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Strong Roots, New Growth: Unlocking the Potential of Heirs' Property

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Remote

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Hot Topics: Compassionate Conservation: Bridging the Divide Between Caring for Ecosystems and Caring for Animals

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Hot Topics: Sackett v. EPA: The Supreme Court’s Bombshell Ruling and What It Means for Wetlands, Wildlife, and the Climate Crisis

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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VLGS Online Programs - Information Session

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

Zoom

Executive Master of Environmental Policy & Master of Climate and Environmental Policy Information Session

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

via Zoom (requires registration to view)

MASTER OF ANIMAL PROTECTION POLICY (MAPP) Webinar

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

via Zoom (requires registration to view)

NALSA Symposium 2023: ICWA and Environmental Justice

Chase Community Center and via Livestream 6 - 8 p.m.

Derechos Humanos for Farmworkers: An Evening with Migrant Justice!

Live Broadcast on vermontlaw.edu/live

Oakes Hall - Room 012

Online Hybrid JD Information Session

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

Zoom

LALSA Women's Month Panel

6 - 8 p.m.

Chase Community Center

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Cannabis and the Law Conference 2023 (Day 2)

This is a 2-Day Event. Note the specific times for each of the two days.

Chase Community Center

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Cannabis and the Law Conference 2023 (Day 1)

This is a 2-Day Event. Note the specific times for each of the two days.

Chase Community Center

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Race and the Law Symposium 2023 (Day 2)

9:45am - 2:15pm

Chase Community Center

Race and the Law Symposium 2023 (Day 1)

5:20pm - 8:00pm

Chase Community Center

Accelerated JD Information Session

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

Zoom

Master of Animal Protection and Policy Webinar

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Remote

Zoom

VJEL Vol. 24 Symposium - Oceans 1.5C

8:15am - 5:00pm

Chase Community Center

Live Broadcast on msTeams, link in the Description

Ninth Annual VLGS Energy Law and Policy Symposium

1:00pm - 5:45pm

Remote

Bracewell LLP | 2001 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. A livestream option, hosted by Bracewell, will also be available.

Attorney Rick Mountcastle Guest Talk

3:45pm - 4:45pm

Oakes Hall - Room 208

Teams (invite available from Alanna Ojibway)

Guest Talk with John Braithwaite

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Yates Common 104

Zoom (Registration in Advance of the Event)

An Evening with Bill McKibben

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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Vermont Law Review 21st Annual Symposium

9:30am - 5:00pm

Chase Community Center

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Career Challenges in the Law: with State's Attorney Kimberly M. Foxx

4:30pm - 5:45pm

Chase Community Center

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Constitution Day

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Chase Community Center

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A Recipe for Sustainability: Global Best Practices to Combat Food Waste and Food Insecurity

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

A Right of Ethical Consideration for All Non-Human Animals: The Capabilities Approach and Beyond

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

Animals and Restorative Justice Symposium

11:30am - 5:30pm

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The Righteous Divide in American Policymaking

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

What Environmental Lawyers Should Know About the Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket"

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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U.S. House Democratic Primary Candidate Forum - Live

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Chase Community Center

Chase Community Center and via Livestream

Economic Actors in Cuba and Environmental Impact: A Pending Subject?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Climate Belonging

12:00pm - 1:00pm

vermontlaw.edu/live

The Clean Power Plan Litigation and the Path Ahead for Power Plant GHG Regulation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Lithium vs. Buckwheat: When renewable energy goals run up against species protection laws

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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West Virginia v EPA (and the Biden Administration's Climate Ambitions?)

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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About a Beagle: How my hound bred for science led me to the world of animal research, testing, and education

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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From RFS to CCS: Can ethanol become more climate-friendly?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Happy Cows? Misunderstood, Under-protected, and Destroying the Environment—A Scientific and Legal Perspective 

12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Economics and Climate Change: The Significance of Context and Interpretation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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Payment for Ecosystem Services in Vermont: A Farmer-Led Approach to Conservation Funding

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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International Environmental Law and the War in Ukraine

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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Bird Flu and the Normalization of Ventilation Shutdown

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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What Changes the Electric Grid Needs to Meet Our Clean Energy Goals

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Oakes Hall - Room 012

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Norman Williams Lecture: Indigenous Nations and the Contours of #Landback

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Chase Community Center

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NALSA Symposium 2022: Indigenous Representation in the Law

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Chase Community Center and via Livestream

Embedded Racism in the Law: Indigenous Boarding Schools and Their Legacy in Indigenous Families and Communities

6:00pm - 7:30pm

A Discussion with Brian Potts JD'04

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Zoom

Animal Law Society Symposium 2022: Bridging Animal and Environmental Law

10:45am - 4:00pm

The News from D.C.: Advancing Environmental Justice in America

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Livestream

Race and the Law Symposium

9:00am - 1:00pm

Embedded Racism in the Law: Racism in Legal Education

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Program with Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Vermont Law Review Presents: "Balancing  Corporate and Activist Interests: Clean Energy, Wildlife Protection, and Land Use Reform"

9:30am - 4:45pm

Embedded Racism in the Law: A Reckoning on Economics, Race, Climate Change, and the Covid-19 Pandemic

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Chase Community Center

Virtual

VJEL Symposium: The World of Waste in a Wasteful World

8:00am - 5:00pm

The Corporate Capture of Agricultural Climate ‘Solutions’

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Ecological Law Case Studies: Bringing the Theory Down to Earth

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Bird Brains? Our Evolving Understanding of Chickens—and Their Lagging Legal Status

12:00pm - 1:00pm

How Will A Decidedly More Conservative Judiciary Affect the Future Of U.S. Environmental Law?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Algal Blooms and Animal Ag

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Rivers with Rights

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Problematic State of Farmed Animal Protection in Canada

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Biden Administration and the International Environment

12:00pm - 1:00pm

From Ginsburg to Barrett: How 2020 Transformed Environmental Battles at the Supreme Court

12:00pm - 1:00pm

What’s the Actual Deal with the EU Green Deal?

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Baltimore vs Big Oil: Cities Sue to Recover Damages for Climate Disruption

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The CAFO, Version 2.0: Alternate Realities in Administrative Law

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Nuclear War: Still the Gravest Threat to the Environment

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Why the U.S. Needs a National Food Strategy

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Intimidation & Bearing Witness: "Ag-Gag" Laws Criminalizing Animal Interactions

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Forest for the Trees: Short-circuiting Environmental Review for National Forest Cuts

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Status of Renewables in VT and the VT Long-Range Transmission Plan

12:00pm - 1:00pm

2021 Honorary Degree Lecture with Guest Speaker Rick Middleton

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Virtual

Embedded Racism on the Farm: Labor Law, Immigration, and the Fight for Farmworkers' Rights

6:00pm - 7:30pm

2021 Williams Lecture: Planning for Wildfire-Resilient Communities in an Era of Uncertainty

4:00pm - 5:15pm

Current Issues in Animal Law: The Struggle to Gain Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

The Embedded Racism of Language Access Barriers

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Virtual

Current Issues in Animal Law: Animal Law and Environmental Law

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Embedded Racism in the Law: A Discussion on the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on People of Color

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Virtual

The Legitimacy, Legality, and Legacy of the 45th President of the United States - Day 2

4:00pm - 7:30pm

Virtual

The Legitimacy, Legality, and Legacy of the 45th President of the United States - Day 1

4:00pm - 7:30pm

Virtual

Current Issues in Animal Law: Environmental, Public Health, and Other Societal Harms of Extreme Farmed Animal Confinement

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Race and the Law Symposium

9:00am - 5:00pm

Virtual

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Current Issues in Animal Law Lecture Series: A Human Right to Nature

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

Don't Be a Fossil Fool: Transitioning to, living in, and protecting a decarbonized world

8:00am - 5:00pm

Restorative Justice Can No Longer Be Blind

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Social Construction and Implicit Bias: A Discussion of Land Use and the Economics of Crime

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Constitution Day 2020: Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Democracy

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Implicit and Unconscious Biases and Microaggressions in Law School Classrooms

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Rooting Out Structural Racism in American Agriculture

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: The Green Amendment: A Bold New Strategy for Environmental Protection

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Greening China’s “Belt and Road” Through New Measures to Promote Transnational Environmental Accountability

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Embedded Racism in the Law: Police Officers and Qualified Immunity

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Healthy Food Access Policies and Prioritizing Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Protecting Pigs in an Era of De-regulation

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Building Back Smarter: A Post COVID America

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Debating the Merits of Alternative Transportation Fuels

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Embedded Racism in Indigenous Americans in the Legal System

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) - Implications for Sustainability

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Ecological Law - A Transformational Approach for Legal Systems

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: COVID and the Context of Systemic Race Discrimination and Environmental Justice

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Sick in the Slaughterhouse: Protecting Meat Industry Workers During the Pandemic and Beyond

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Mine: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: The Sustainable Development Code: Helping Local Governments Build Resilience and Adapt to Uncertainty

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Clean Water Act Update - The Maui Decision; WOTUS Wars Part Two; World's Worst Copper Mine; and More

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hot Topics 2020: Status of Renewable Energy Generation in Vermont and the Changing Power Grid

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Vermont Supreme Court at Vermont Law School

9:30am - 2:30pm

Oakes Hall - Room 109

The Challenges and Opportunities of Solo and Small Firm Practice

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Chase Community Center

R.E.A.C.T. with John Broderick

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Chase Community Center

Race and the Law Symposium

9:00am - 5:00pm

Chase Community Center

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Chase Community Center

Costle Lecture

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Chase Community Center

Energy Symposium

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Chase Community Center

VJEL Symposium: "Bridging The Gap: Reconciling Agriculture with Environmentalism"

8:00am - 5:00pm

Chase Community Center

Legal Frameworks for a Green New World

8:30am - 4:30pm

Chase Community Center

Constitution Day

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Chase Community Center