Vermont Law School
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Vermont Law School (VLS) is a private law school located in South Royalton, Vermont (a village of Royalton, Vermont). The school has one of the United States' leading programs in environmental law. The White River flows past the school and provides the law school community with a lovely place to paddle, swim, and fish.
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[edit] Facts
- Campus area: 13 acres (53,000 m²)
- Enrollment: 578
- School type: Private
- Year founded: 1972
- Degrees Offered: Juris Doctor; LLM in Environmental Law; Masters of Studies in Environmental Law; Joint Degree in Juris Doctor/Masters of Studies in Environmental Law
[edit] Centers, institutes, and clinics
- Environmental Law Center
- Institute for Energy & the Environment
- Environmental Tax Policy Institute
- Land Use Institute
- Environmental & Natural Resource Law Clinic
- South Royalton Legal Clinic
[edit] Law reviews and journals
[edit] Solomon Amendment
Vermont Law School is the only law school in the U.S. 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. VLS refused and in doing so gave up over a million dollars in 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. FAIR, claiming that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was discriminatory. The district court ruled for the Attorney General, but the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the law schools. Oral arguments were heard before the Supreme Court on December 6, 2005, and a unanimous ruling for the government was issued on March 6, 2006, in part because the government could directly require campuses to allow military recruitment, it can therefore also indirectly require the campuses to allow recruitment or forego funds.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Vermont Law School official website
- [[1]] U.S. News & World Report - Environmental Law Rankings
[edit] References
- ^ US Supreme Court (2006). Rumsfield, Sec. of Defence, et al. v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, et al. (PDF). 547 U.S. ____ (2006). Retrieved on May 4, 2006.
