Introduction to Chinese Law, a focus on the Arctic and the Law of the Sea in our International Organizations course, and French Corporate Law are just a few of the numerous curricular offerings at Vermont Law School. These courses are enhanced by five dual degree programs with Cambridge, Trento, Cergy-Pontoise, and Seville, additional exchange programs with McGill and Sun Yat-sen University, and our International Semester in Practice. We also welcome foreign LLM students every year for our LLM in Environmental Law and LLM in American Legal Studies.
Each year, we also host several Chinese professors of environmental law for a year-long program at Vermont Law School through our U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law. This year's Visiting Scholars come from China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, Ningbo University Law School, and Sun Yat-sen University.
Experiential Learning: International Semester in Practice
Vermont Law School spearheaded the academic recognition of experiential learning for law students, who work with mentors in law firms, businesses, government organizations, and NGOs. The International Semester in Practice provides learning opportunities globally. Recent placements include:
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Fundacion Ambio | San Jose, Costa Rica
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Paz Horowitz, Abogados | Quito, Ecuador
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TNT Solicitors & Oury Clark Solicitors | London, England
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Foreign Commercial Service/ US Mission to the EU | Brussels, Belgium
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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | The Hague, Netherlands
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T.M.C. Asser Institute | The Hague, Netherlands
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Belgian Nuclear Research Centre | Mol, Belgium
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POCH y Asociados | Santiago, Chile
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Enviro-Legal Defence Firm (ELDF) | Uttar Pradesh, India
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Citizen Consumer & Civil Action Group (CAG) | Chennai, India
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | Nairobi, Kenya
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TMI Associates | Tokyo, Japan
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World Wildlife Fund | Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Port Authority of Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain
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International Stem Cell Forum, Ethics Working Party | Montréal, Canada
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Spamer Triebel Inc. | Cape Town, South Africa
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United Nations Volunteers | Bonn, Germany
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Legal Office | Rome, Italy
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Maritime New Zealand | Wellington, New Zealand
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M Ravi & Co | Singapore
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Jerald Gomez & Associates | Kuala Lumpur
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U.S. Embassy, Economic Section | Brussels, Belgium
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Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA) | Córdoba, Argentina
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Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) | Washington, D.C.
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Global Justice Center | New York City
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Experiential fellowship in Bangkok Thailand
Each year, a Vermont Law School student receives travel expenses and a stipend to work with AECEN, the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network, in Bangkok. During the 10- to 12-week fellowship, the student undertakes regional surveys of environmental impact and regulation in 1 of 10 Asian countries.
 Environmental Law and Regulation in China-Collaborative Research Fellowships
We offer year-long, collaborative research projects on comparative environmental and energy law.
- Student fellows make several trips to China to establish research teams and topics and visit Chinese sites of environmental interest.
- Students from Vermont Law School and China collaborate on research and then present their papers in China and the U.S.
- A primary goal of the research program is to devise tangible solutions to China's environmental challenges.
- The students' research has been published in such journals as the Harvard Environmental Law Review and the Virginia Environmental Law Journal.
Courses taught at Vermont Law School include:
International and Comparative Law
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration
International Criminal Law
International Environmental Law and Policy
International Human Rights
International Intellectual Property
International Law
International Regulation of Trade
Law of International Organizations: The Arctic, the Law of the Sea, and the Environment
Seminar: Advanced International Legal Research
Seminar: Current Topics in International Law
Seminar: Genocide
National Security Law
Foreign Law
Environmental Law and Regulation in China
European Union: Emerging Constitutional Law
French Corporate Law
French Legal Method
Introduction to Chinese Law
Spanish Constitutional Law
Environmental Law-International, Comparative and Foreign Law
Biodiversity Protection
Climate Change and the Law
Energy, Development, and Climate Change
Environmental Law in Developing Countries
International and Comparative Environmental Law
International Trade and the Environment
Legal Adaptation to Global Warming Impacts
Nuclear Power and Public Policy
Ocean and Coastal Law
Strategic Planning for Sustainable Development
Wildlife Crimes: Nature, Scope, and Response
Additional course offerings to Vermont Law School students are available through five dual degree options:
 University of Cambridge
- JD/MPhil in Environmental Policy
- University of Cergy-Pontoise
France's renowned school for business law and one of the country's top three law schools overall.
- JD/Master's I
- JD/Master's II & DJCE
- JD/LLM in French and European Law
- University of Seville: JD/Master's in Spanish Constitutional Law
Semester and year exchanges with these law schools offer rich curricular offerings for Vermont Law School students:
- McGill University, Canada
- University of Trento, Italy
- University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
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