Representing community groups and conservation organizations on significant environmental problems. Training tomorrow's environmental advocates.
The clinic offers Vermont Law School students the exceptional opportunity to become "apprentice lawyers" and to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world cases and projects. Our clients are community groups and conservation organizations who are facing significant environmental problems and are in need of competent, creative legal assistance.
Representing community groups and conservation organizations on significant environmental problems. Training tomorrow's environmental advocates.
To provide a high-quality, skills-based educational experience for law students who learn how to become competent, ethical attorneys with expertise in the field of environmental and natural resources law;
To provide pro bono representation for individuals and organizations who could not otherwise afford legal services; and
To ensure that laws protecting health and the environment are properly interpreted, implemented and enforced to prevent and abate environmental problems, and to conserve and restore natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
