Remembrance Ceremony for Cheryl Hanna Sept. 4 at Vermont Law School
The remembrance ceremony is open to all members of the Vermont Law School community and will be followed by a reception. "For many of our faculty, staff, students and alumni, […]
Governor, VLS President, Faculty Share Memories of Former Dean Shields; Memorial Service Set for August 16
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Aug. 6, 2014—A memorial service for former Vermont Law School Dean and President Geoffrey "Jeff" Benson Shields will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, on […]
Vermont Law Student Selected for Burton Award
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Tisher ’14 is one of 15 law students selected from across the country for the 2014 Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award. She is recognized for her article "Re-Stitching the […]
Vermont Law School Joins Lawyers for America
VLS is the second law school in the nation to join LFA, a nonprofit program introduced in 2012 by University of California, Hastings College of the Law. LFA’s mission is […]
Serving the Underserved: Vermont Law School, Vermont Bar Association Launch Incubator Project
The “Lawyer Incubator Pilot Project” supports new lawyers who want to pursue solo or small firm practice in Vermont and in the process help provide legal services in underserved populations […]
Vermont Law’s South Royalton Legal Clinic Honors Justice Johnson
SRLC staff and student clinicians, who provide more than a million dollars in free legal services each year to low-income Vermonters, will dedicate their student workroom to Johnson as a […]
Three Environmental Journalists Named Vermont Law Media Fellows
The 2014 Summer Media Fellows are: Kevin Begos, a journalist with The Associated Press, reports on the national and regional debate surrounding the shale gas drilling boom and related energy […]
Former Dean Shields, Wife Genie Give Home to Vermont Law
“Jeff and Genie have given to this school in so many remarkable ways over the years—their extraordinary and dedicated service to students, faculty, staff and alumni during Jeff’s tenure as […]
Vermont Law School Mourns Former Dean Jeff Shields
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., August 4, 2014—With great sadness we announce the death of Geoffrey “Jeff” Benson Shields, former Vermont Law School president and dean. Dean Shields, 68, passed away peacefully, […]
Vermont Law School Mourns Professor Cheryl Hanna
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., July 28, 2014—It is with the most profound sorrow that we announce the untimely death of our dear colleague Professor Cheryl Hanna. A graduate of Harvard Law […]