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VLS Launches its First Online Degree Programs in Environmental Law
Vermont Law School will launch the nation's first online master's degree program in environmental law in May 2011. The online format is designed to deliver a robust educational experience that is...
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Williams Lecturer Discusses What's Driving New York City's Unprecedented...
Like much in land use politics, the results of Professor Vicki Been's comprehensive study of New York City's unprecedented rezoning effort were complicated. But one conclusion was clear: Land use...
View ArticleWhat's For Supper? Vermont Law School Explores How the World Eats
What Americans have on their plates these days is increasingly coming from opposite sides of the food spectrum. Over the past decade, production and consumption of both genetically modified food and...
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Capital Punishment Violates Human Rights, Panelists Say
James Martin Harlow was shackled when he entered court, but at 6 feet, 5 inches and 300 pounds of muscle, he made the many officers in the courtroom tense.Convicted of murder twice, attempted murder,...
View ArticleGov. Shumlin Taps VLS for Another Top Government Post
For the third time since taking office, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has appointed a Vermont Law School faculty or staff member to a top post in his administration. Ron Shems '85, consulting and...
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Climate Change Makes Humankind's Survival Uncertain, McKibben Says
Bill McKibben, one of America's foremost environmental advocates, had a mixed message for the standing-room crowd Feb. 17 at the seventh annual Norman Williams Distinguished Lecture in Land Use...
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China, U.S. Must Cooperate to Reduce Global Warming, VJEL Panelists Say
China and the United States have vastly different legal systems, but the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases must work together to strengthen the Asian giant's environmental laws and to...
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Vermont Supreme Court Hears Arguments at VLS
At the Vermont Supreme Court's annual session at Vermont Law School on March 23, teams of lawyers argued seven cases involving issues of criminal procedure, evidence, property, torts, environmental...
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Ocean Conference Explores Multiple Uses of Marine Resources
Once considered limitless-by ancient mariners and modern industrialists alike-the oceans' natural resources face growing pressures that can only be reconciled by a comprehensive use plan that balances...
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Quest for Rule of Law Motivates Arab Uprisings, Says Former New York Times...
The uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East have put many autocratic Arab governments in the unusual position of fearing their people rather than instilling fear in them, a former New York...
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Anatomy of Social Change: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
The following op-ed by Vermont Law School Professor Jackie Gardina appeared in vtdigger.org on May 5, 2011:In December, Congress approved and President Obama signed into law the "Don't Ask Don't Tell...
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When Taxes Are Good for Us
The following op-ed by Vermont Law School Professor Oliver Goodenough appeared in The Huffington Post on April 15, 2011:The government's near miss with a shutdown last week and the follow-up speech by...
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U.S. Supreme Court Skeptical About Vermont's Physician Data Mining Law
Vermont Law SchoolProfessor Cheryl Hanna, a Constitutional law expert, offers a post-argument analysis of Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., which was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 26, 2011....
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Society of American Law Teachers Opposes Efforts to Derail Repeal of "Don't...
Vermont Law School Professor Jackie Gardina wrote the following statement from the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) on May 12 in response to the House Armed Services Committee's amendment that...
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Democracy Now! Host Urges VLS Grads to be "Sword or Shield"
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, urged Vermont Law School graduates at the school's 36th commencement on May 21 to join the forces fighting for truth, justice and...
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Oceans Expert Calls for Ban on Shark Finning
Teeth, yes. Charisma, no.A magnetic personality probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of sharks, especially the great white shark, but the oceans' top predators have long...
View Article"Story of Stuff" Author Annie Leonard Receives Honorary Degree
Annie Leonard, the author of "The Story of Stuff," received an honorary degree at Vermont Law School's 36th commencement on May 21 in recognition of her nearly two decades investigating and organizing...
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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Another Vermont Law On First Amendment Grounds
Vermont Law School professors Cheryl Hanna and Pamela Vesilind offer the following analysis of today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., Vermont's physician data mining...
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Vermonters Must Work Together to Revitalize Brownfields, Markowitz Says
Vermont's government, businesses and local communities must work together to redevelop the state's many brownfields, Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources Deb Markowitz told a Vermont Law School...
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Prof. Don Kreis: "Belly Buttons and Blarney" in Vermont Yankee Lawsuit Hearing
In his latest addition to Vermont Law School's faculty commentary blog on the federal lawsuit over the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, Assistant Professor Don Kreis wrote:"John Herron, CEO of Entergy's...
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