New and Noteworthy
The work and experience of Vermont Law School faculty extends far beyond the walls of classroom study. Their scholarship is evidenced in hundreds of books and journal articles that examine the latest developments in areas ranging from national security to cognitive neuroscience. Our energy experts know the world of regulation because they were once the regulators, and they are called on to share their expertise with financial analysts. Our criminal law professors know capital punishment because they represented death row inmates, and they detail their experiences in journal articles.
Please take this opportunity to learn more about the Vermont Law School faculty.
News
When the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling, the media turn to VLS for legal interpretation. Here are some examples of our faculty in the news.
Professor Michael McCann was interviewed by CNN about the legal issues facing New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress. The American Morning segment aired Dec. 4 and can be viewed at criticalmention.com (see end of clip).
The Nov. 17th edition of The Wall Street Journal offered insights from Professor Peter Bradford, a former member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding the debate over nuclear power. Read the article at burrellesluce.com.
Professor Betsy Baker was interviewed by Scientific American for its story, "Drawing Lines in the Sea: Nations Stake Claims on Arctic Ocean Riches." Prof. Baker spent three weeks this summer aboard the USCG icebreaker Healy, working with a team of scientists to map the Arctic's outer continental shelf. Read the article at sciam.com. For more on her journey, read VLS's story An Arctic Revelation.
Professor Teresa Clemmer of the ENRLC was quoted in a Nov. 7 story in Indian News Today about FERC's dismissal of an application to build a controversial liquified natural gas terminal and pipeline on land owned by the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine. The ENRLC represents a Passamquoddy group in challenging a lease that the federal government has issued for the project. Read the article at indiancountrytoday.com (see sidebar).
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Awards
Our faculty win prestigious awards for their writing and research, while our programs are frequently cited for national honors.
- Professor Patrick Parenteau received The National Wildlife Federation’s 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award.
- The Outstanding Victim Advocacy and Awareness Award was presented to Professor Alex Banks ’87 by the Vermont Center for Crime Victims Services.
- Professor Oliver Goodenough was named a 2007–08 fellow of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
- Professor Linda Smiddy ’79, former director of the International and Comparative Law Programs at VLS, was awarded the doctorat honoris causa, by the Université Paris 13, the first woman to receive this honorary degree.
- VLS top-ranked for Environmental Law by U.S.News & World Report for eighteen consecutive years.
Publications
The written work of our faculty is often highlighted in law journals, books and book chapters. Read some of the highlights. Cheryl Hanna
Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice, with Elizabeth M. Schneider, Judith G. Greenberg, and Clare Dalton (Foundation Press 2008).Tony Renzo
A Call to Protect Civilian Justice: Beware the Creep of Military Tribunals, Issue Brief, American Constitution Society, March, 2008.Stephen Dycus
National Security Law, co-authored with William C. Banks of Syracuse University Law School and Peter Raven-Hansen of George Washington University Law Center (4th ed. Aspen Publishers 2007).The new book reflects dramatic developments in the national security field since the previous edition appeared four years ago. It includes extensive treatment of the Iraq war, the detention, interrogation, and trial of suspected terrorists, state secrets, homeland security, and other matters. Since the first edition came out in 1990, it has been adopted for classroom use at more than half of the American law schools, and at a number of colleges, universities, and military schools. It has also found wide use as a reference source throughout the defense and intelligence communities and on Capitol Hill.
Presentations/Podcasts
Our faculty are called on as experts to present at conferences around the world. See a sampling of those presentations.Tony Renzo
"The Constitutional Right to Trial by Jury as a Limitation on the Jurisdiction of Military Tribunals," Dartmouth College, February, 2008.Philip Meyer
Organizer and moderator of panel, "When Worlds Collide; A Panel Exploring Inter-Relationships between Clinicians and Legal Writing Teachers in Teaching and Scholarship," presented by the AALS Legal Writing Section at the 2007 annual meeting (January 4, 2007).New Faculty
| President and Dean Geoffrey B. Shields is pleased to welcome fourteen exceptional faculty members to Vermont Law School for the fall 2008 semester. |
