Press Releases Archive

November 10, 2025

Vermont Law and Graduate School Awarded Renewal Grant by Department of Veterans Affairs

Recognizing its unique experience and capacities in providing direct legal services to veterans, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded the Veterans Legal Assistance Program (VLAP) a $300,000 grant to provide civil legal services to homeless veterans and servicepeople at risk of homelessness. The VA selected 108 programs nationally, with Vermont Law and Graduate School being the only grantee in Vermont.

November 7, 2025

Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner Returns to Vermont Law and Graduate School

In-Person and Delivery Options Available for Area Residents SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (November 7, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School invites friends and neighbors to gather during this year’s Community […]

October 16, 2025

New Guide Helps Urban Ag Producers, Policymakers

Vermont Law and Graduate School Resource Highlights 17 U.S. Cities’ Efforts SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (October 16, 2025) — The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and […]

October 10, 2025

Center for Justice Reform Resumes Webinar Series on Oct. 29

“Healing Communities to Heal the World” Provides Tools to Respond and Rebuild in the Wake of Community Traumas SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (October 10, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s […]

Healing Communities to Heal the World: A VLGS Restorative Justice Online Series

September 26, 2025

Environmental Advocacy Clinic Files Challenge to Latest Major Logging Project in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (September 26, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of forest protection group Standing Trees, submitted an objection to the U.S. Forest […]

Elbow Pond/Carr Mountain/White Mountain National Forest. Photo provided by Zack Porter.

September 23, 2025

VLGS’s Genevieve Byrne Co-Authors Land Use Planning Guide With Aspen Institute

Agriculture and Renewable Energy Considered Together in New Publication SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (September 23, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Genevieve Byrne, interim director of the Energy Clinic and […]

September 19, 2025

Inaugural Parenteau Climate Action Fellows Begin Research and Advocacy at Vermont Law and Graduate School

Following in the Footsteps of the Program’s Namesake, Scholars Work to Solve Pressing Environmental Issues SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (September 19, 2025) — Emerging environmental experts Rachel Westrate and Terrence Neal […]

Rachel Westrate and Terrence Neal standing on the banks of the White River

August 29, 2025

Environmental Advocacy Clinic Joins Litigation Effort to Defend Vermont’s Wild Worcester Range and Enforce State’s Public Trust Obligations for State Lands

Lawsuit Alleges Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Has Violated the State Constitution and Discriminated Against Vermonters in its Management of State Lands MONTPELIER, Vt. (August 29, 2025) — Assisted by […]

Bear Swamp, Worcester Range, on a sunny summer day. Photo by Zack Porter of Standing Trees.

August 25, 2025

Vermont Law and Graduate School Partners With City Year

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (August 25, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS), a leader in graduate education, is proud to announce a new partnership with City Year Inc., a […]

July 23, 2025

Rod Smolla: Fighting for the First Amendment While Teaching It

VLGS Professor Joins Esteemed Washington, D.C., Firm SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (July 23, 2025) — Celebrated First Amendment scholar Rodney A. Smolla — a professor and former president at Vermont Law […]