Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law

05/29/2026

Join us for the next Hot Topics in Environmental Law lecture this Tuesday, June 2. Martha Mendoza, VLGS Aquaculture Media Fellow, will give her talk, “From Farm to Market: Tracking Worker Exploitation in Aquaculture Supply Chains,” at 12:00 p.m. EDT.

WATCH IT HERE – https://lnkd.in/eHEf9NyJ

Each summer, on most Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon ET, VLGS faculty and invited experts deliver lectures online covering a variety of current issues in environmental law and policy.

05/22/2026

Join us for the Hot Topics in Environmental Law Summer Lecture Series!
This Thursday, May 28, kicks off the lecture series with “Beyond Personhood: How the World is Reimagining Nature’s Place in Law” by Grant Wilson, Earth Law Center, at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
Each summer, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon ET, VLGS faculty and invited experts deliver lectures online covering a variety of current issues in environmental law and policy.
WATCH IT HERE – https://www.youtube.com//streams to watch live or watch the recording post-event.

05/14/2026

Have you heard the news? Abigail Dillen will take the stage on May 16 to deliver this year’s Commencement address.

As the president of Earthjustice and Earthjustice Action, Dillen leads more than 650 staff in using the power of law to protect the environment and people’s health. Her journey is an inspiration for the kind of work many of our graduates will carry forward.

Other honored guests will include Jay Blumenkopf JD’76, a member of the school’s charter class, and Professor David Firestone—both part of the early days of Vermont Law School.

We look forward to celebrating VLGS’s Class of 2026 and this milestone 50th year!

🎥 Streaming live at 10 a.m. ET on our YouTube: bit.ly/commencement-26
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04/22/2026

04/06/2026

When federal climate action stalls, where does change happen?

Katrina M. Wyman explores this and more at our Norman Williams Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Planning and the Law next week.

She’ll draw from her book, ”Local Greens,” on the role of cities in climate policy and the challenges they encounter.

💡🏙️ Details at bit.ly/williams-26.

02/27/2026

12/09/2025

Our host, Lindi von Mutius, visiting professor of law at Vermont Law and Graduate School, Class of 1946 Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies at Williams College, and inaugural director of the Center for Environmental Networks, chats with Chandra Taylor-Sawyer, senior attorney at the Sout...

10/30/2025

Special guest Charlie Sellars will be at VLGS this November, sharing his data-driven, obtainable framework for living more sustainably.

What does practical optimism look like in the face of climate change? How do we move from anxiety to action?

Hear what’s possible from the best-selling author and director of sustainability at Microsoft.

Open to all, on campus or online: bit.ly/sellars-talk.

09/20/2025

Welcome Terrence Neal and Rachel Westrate, our Parenteau Climate Action fellows. Named for legendary Pat Parenteau, this fellowship combines research and practice with students in our clinics, all focused on climate law and policy.
Read about their upcoming work at bit.ly/parenteau-fellows.

Following in the Footsteps of the Program’s Namesake, Scholars Work to Solve Pressing Environmental Issues SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (September 19, 2025) —

09/04/2025

The Environmental Advocacy Clinic started the school year with an important new piece of litigation on behalf of the forest protection group Standing Trees to enforce the state’s public trust obligations in its management of public lands.

Lawsuit Alleges Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Has Violated the State Constitution and Discriminated Against Vermonters in its Management of State