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  Vermont Law School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vermont Law School is a private law school located in South Royalton, Vermont (a village of Royalton, Vermont).
Vermont Law School is also notable as the sole law school to refuse cooperation with the Solomon Amendment, a statute passed by Congress requiring colleges and universities to allow military recruitment on campus or risk losing federal funding.
The school is also part of FAIR, or the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, a consortium of 38 law schools and law faculties that challenged the Solomon Amendment in Rumsfeld v.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vermont_Law_School   (307 words)

  
 Vermont Law School unlikely to admit recruiters - Boston.com
Vermont Law School is unlikely to begin admitting military recruiters to its South Royalton campus even though the U.S. Supreme Court says it's legal for the federal government to withhold money as a result.
That could jeopardize the school itself or threaten its professors if the law were ignored and the law school would have to change its position, he said.
Shields said the school's position probably had cost it several hundred thousand dollars a year, although he said he could not be certain because some of the money could have come in the form of grants that it was not able to seek.
www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2006/03/06/vermont_law_school_unlikely_to_admit_recruiters   (523 words)

  
 Lawyers practice before Vermont Law School students - Boston.com
Vermont adopted stringent limits on both in 1997 but the law has never been completely implemented because it is has been under court appeal.
A federal appeals court largely upheld the law, which limits individual contributions to a candidate to $200 or $400 per election cycle, depending on the office being sought.
Sorrell said the law placed some limits on how a candidate expressed their opinion, but said: "There are other competing constitutional interests -- the integrity of the electoral process.
www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2006/02/09/lawyers_practice_before_vermont_law_school_students   (382 words)

  
 Out in the Mountains, March 1987: Coming Out at Vermont Law School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Law school is simply a means to achieving this goal.
At any rate, a law degree is generally an ABA requirement, so if I want to represent the underrepresented, acquiring a legal education is a battle worth fighting.
Law school in not "larger than life" although it may seem so.
www.mountainpridemedia.org /oitm/issues/1987/03mar1987/law.html   (817 words)

  
 Vt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is a small law school that is known nationally for its environmental law program.
Vermont Law School is also unusual among law schools for its rural setting, in the village of South Royalton.
Vermont Law School recently began a capital fundraising campaign that Wroth said he is committed to working on in the coming year.
www.legaled.com /vermontdean.htm   (439 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
The Vermont Law School is one of three law schools whose federal funding has been cancelled because over opposition to 'don't ask, don't tell', the Pentagon's ban on gays serving openly.
The other two schools which have had their funding curtailed, under the Solomon Amendment, for refusing the military access are New York Law School in New York City and William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn..
The three schools are among 24 law schools which went to court last year to fight the law, arguing that the military ban on gays serving openly violated the schools' policies on equal rights.
www.365gay.com /newscon05/10/102505vtLaw.htm   (552 words)

  
 Regulations, Dual Degree Program : Environmental Law Program | USC School of Law
The School of Law will assign a P, F, or W grade as may be appropriate for purposes of determining the Law School G.P.R. with respect to non-Law School courses taken in the MSEL Program.
Vermont Law School's representative(s) of the Joint Committee shall confer with and abide by the decision reached by the Director of the Environmental Law Center.
The USC School of Law's representative(s) on the Joint Committee shall confer with and abide by the decision reached by the Curriculum Committee of the School of Law.
www.law.sc.edu /environmental/regulations.shtml   (1266 words)

  
 Vermont Law School - Blog
Vermont Law School is training - and inspiring - a new generation of lawyers to work for the public good, as well as to provide strong, professional representation for private clients.
Vermont's only law school - and one of a handful of independent, private law schools in the country - is proud of its heritage of help for others.
Vermont Law School pioneered the Master of Studies in Environmental Law (MSEL) program, a distinctive and interdisciplinary study in environmental law, policy, ethics, and science to benefit both law and non law students.
www.vermontlawblog.com   (275 words)

  
 Former law school chief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The founder of Vermont Law School in South Royalton, who is also a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud.
MONTPELIER - Anthony Doria, the founder of Vermont Law School in South Royalton and a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud.
Doria is the founder of Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont's only school granting law degrees.
www.lawschool.com /founder.htm   (394 words)

  
 Success of Environmental Public Policy Graduate Program Proves the Future is Here
Vermont Law saw an 8% increase in admissions while the national trend for law schools was a 3.9% decline.
The program offers the widest range of environmental law and policy courses of any law school in the nation and is open to environmental professionals and non-law students who seek to broaden their expertise.
Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center was founded in 1978 and is the largest environmental law program in the country.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/4/prweb375416.htm   (757 words)

  
 JD Law Bloggers
Law school is more than a place to learn the law; it is a place to develop character.
The practice of law goes beyond, and is something different in kind from, wearing expensively tailored suits to high-paying positions, coolly calculating the angles, and otherwise maintaining exterior appearances of untouchability.
Before I came to law school, I made a promise to the one that would bear the hardest sacrifice that, someday, I’d make it all up to her.
vermontlawblog.com /jdblog   (3983 words)

  
 DRM: Newstand - In the News
At Vermont Law School, she was the head notes editor for the Vermont Law Review, a member of the Douglas M. Costle Moot Court Board and a member of the Thomas M. Debevoise National Moot Court Board.
She was a member and officer of the Women's Law Group in 2001-2003, received the Achievement Award for the highest grade in criminal law, and graduated cum laude in May 2003.
As a law student, Sobel was a legal intern at the Immigrant Resource Center in Alamosa, Colo., was a summer law clerk at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont and served as a student clinician at the South Royalton Legal Clinic.
www.drm.com /newstand/news/srs_092904.asp   (315 words)

  
 New Faculty at Vt. Law School
She received her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College Law School, her M.A. degree in Social Work from Boston University, and her B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa.
Vermont Law School currently has 37 full-time and one part-time faculty members, and four visiting faculty members.
He served as Vermont Law Schools sixth dean from 1996 to 2004 and is recognized for his work on the electoral college and John Adams.
www.rherald.com /news/2005/0210/Front_Page/f04.html   (808 words)

  
 The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Vermont Refugee Assistance: Create a teaching and training module for both health and legal service providers with information about what issues affect the mental health of refugees, how traditional mental health services may not be sufficient for refugees, and how to address these problems.
Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured: Harper is researching, developing, and implementing a risk management policy for the Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured that will give the clinics and their staff the “charitable immunity” status they desperately need.
Vermont Law School: Continued the ongoing effort to establish an Environmental Law Clinic at Vermont Law School to serve as resource and advocate for local communities and individuals facing public health and environmental problems.
www.schweitzerfellowship.org /features/us/nhvt/nhvt_fellows.aspx   (7353 words)

  
 JURIST's Paper Chase - Law School News
The Vermont Law School in South Royalton, VT has named Chicago attorney Geoffrey B. Shields as its seventh dean and president, effective August 1.
Shields is not himself a graduate of the school, but he maintains several ties to the state: among them, he is a member of the Vermont bar and has maintained a working farm in the state for many years.
The faculty at Vanderbilt University Law School is considering a proposal that would reserve spots on all three of the school's student-edited journals to be filled based solely on students' writing samples and not grades.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/lawschools/2004_04_11_indexarch.htm   (1012 words)

  
 CNN - The greening of the law: Vermont Law School works to be environmentally sound - May 2, 1999
The greening of the law: Vermont Law School works to be environmentally sound
SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont (CNN) -- Vermont Law School charges students $19,000 a year, but the toilets in the school's newest building don't even flush.
The building's green theme is in keeping with school's reputation as a leader in environmental law.
www.cnn.com /NATURE/9905/02/environmental.law   (385 words)

  
 Russian : University of Vermont
The University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources and Vermont Law School have announced that they will offer a dual master’s degree program beginning in the fall of 2004 that combines the study of environmental science and environmental law.
Vermont Law School, located in South Royalton, Vt., is one of only a few independent, private law schools in the United States and is the only law school in Vermont.
Through its Environmental Law Center, VLS offers the nation’s most comprehensive curriculum of environmental law courses, and its environmental law program is regularly ranked as the best in the nation in the U.S. News and World Report annual survey of legal educators in the field.
www.uvm.edu /academics/undergraduate/aos/russian?Page=News&storyID=4453   (547 words)

  
 Bblclaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On April 10, 11, and 12, 1997, the Gruter Institute and the Vermont Law School co-sponsored a symposium held at the Vermont Law School entitled
John Perry (Director of Planning of the Vermont Department of Corrections) then described the dilemma presented to the State of Vermont by a growing prison population combined with the knowledge that long-term incarceration often does little to amend the behavior of those convicted of crimes.
In response to this dilemma, Vermont has sought to differentiate between physically dangerous criminals, for whom removal from society is a necessity, and those whose offenses, while important, have not involved physical danger.
www.gruterinstitute.org /news/vls.html   (1736 words)

  
 Q&A - Geoffrey Shields: Vermont Law School Vermont Business Magazine - FindArticles
Geoffrey Shields of Chicago was named Vermont Law School President and Dean in March 2004 and begin serving as of August 1, succeeding L Kinvin Wroth, who bad served since 1996.
Shields is a partner and past chairman of the Management Committee of the law firm of Gardner Carton and Douglas, based in Chicago and Washington, DC.
He graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a degree in economics in 1967, and from Yale Law School in 1972.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3675/is_200507/ai_n14851527   (449 words)

  
 Graduate Programs at Vermont Law School
Popular categories of study: alternative dispute resolution, constitutional law, corporate/commercial/labor law, criminal law and procedure, environmental law, family and individual practice, general practice, international law, land use and real estate, legal theory/history/ethics, litigation and procedure, research and writing, tax/estates/trusts, and traditionally disadvantaged groups.
Vermont Law School is nationally recognized for the strength and breadth of its environmental law programs.
It is open to environmental professionals seeking to broaden their expertise, as well as to people with a background in law (such as law students and lawyers) seeking a concentration in environmental law.
schools.gradschools.com /graduate-schools/Vermont-Law-School.html   (259 words)

  
 Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The entire facility uses only 14 gallons of water per day compared with the Vermont Standard in effect July 1996 stating that buildings of this type are not to exceed water consumption greater than 15 gallons per person per day.
According to the school's dean, Kinvin Wroth "This award-winning structure is a reflection of the many good ideas and technical decisions that were made during the planning process." Establishing the environmental concerns early in the process was key to the success of this project.
The first step the Law School took was to survey the performance of existing campus buildings in 1993.
www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu /MSDG/case/oakes/oakes.html   (1763 words)

  
 Vermont Law School
Previously Vermont Law School had been using a Tier-1 Internet service provider and had been experiencing several days per month of downtime.
Vermont Law School, one of a handful of independent, private law schools in the United States is the only law school in Vermont.
The school also features innovative experiential programs and is home to the Environmental Law Center.
www.segnet.com /news/vtlawschool.html   (405 words)

  
 CNN - Vermont Law School works to be environmentally sound - May 6, 1999
CNN - Vermont Law School works to be environmentally sound - May 6, 1999
Vermont Law School is one of the leaders in environmental law
Vermont Law School works to be environmentally sound
www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9905/07/t_t/environmental.law   (392 words)

  
 Vermont Law School, Environmental Law Center
Introduction: Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center has been active for 24 years in promoting community stewardship and educating students about key environmental issues and values.
The Environmental Law program emphasizes the ethics behind both U.S. and international law and policy within the framework of ecological concepts.
The motto of Vermont Law School is “Law for the Community and the World,” and we strive to create responsible, ethical and community-oriented lawyers that can address today’s challenging issues in the world of policy and law.
www.enviroeducation.com /s/vermont-law   (219 words)

  
 About Template
She is newly appointed to establish an on-campus environmental and land use clinic for environmental law students at VLS.
Previously, she was the Director of the Environmental Semester in Washington Program, Superfund Project Director, Vermont Law School; an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School; an Environmental Policy Analyst under former Vermont governor, Madeleine Kunin; a Wildlife Biologist/Forester, and a member of Michigan United Conservation clubs.
Professor Judy co-founded, on behalf of Vermont Law School, and served as Research Director on the broad-based National commission on Superfund, a privately funded group of chief executives from business, industry, academia, local and state officials, environmentalists, and people of color, seeking to improve our nation's toxic cleanup laws.
www.naels.org /about/bod/judy.htm   (281 words)

  
 NHBA - Bar News Issue
Dean Shields states, "Law schools can focus on ways to sensitize their students for service once they leave." One such example is the program, "Have Justice, Will Travel," created by a Vermont Law School alumni, an innovative, mobile, multi-service program that assists victims of domestic abuse through the legal process.
Before his appointment at Vermont Law School, Dean Shields was a partner of the Chicago and Washington, DC, law firm of Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP.
Shields is a trustee of Retreat Healthcare, a psychiatric hospital and addictions treatment center in Brattleboro, Vermont.
www.nhbar.org /publications/archives/display-news-issue.asp?id=2332   (327 words)

  
 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
Patricia Salkin, Esq.- Associate Dean of the Albany Law School of Union University and Director of its Government Law Center.
She will use the St. Albans, Vermont, example of how Wal-Mart is trying to preserve small town America.
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is made possible by the Vermont Law School, "Law for the Community and the World"
www.vje.org /events/2005S.html   (439 words)

  
 Vermont Law Review
Chandra and Orlando were exemplary VLS students who passed away abruptly during their law school careers.
Competitors must submit a paper of high quality that addresses some aspect of human diversity and the law, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, environmental justice, international human rights, education, and health/welfare, among other topics.
The paper cannot be a Law Review note or a Vermont Journal of Environment Law (formerly Res Communes) article, but Law Review and VJEL members may participate.
www.vermontlawreview.com /diversitypaper   (351 words)

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