Winter 2020 Loquitur—The Alumni Magazine for Vermont Law School

WINTER 2020

THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE FOR VERMONT LAW SCHOOL

Movers and Shakers s r e k a d n h a S s r e v o MMove r s and S h a k e r s Movers and Shakers

WINTER 2020 Volume 33

PRESIDENT AND DEAN Thomas J. P. McHenry EDITORS Angie Campbell Susan Warner CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Melissa Harwood MELP’12 Ashley Patton Judy Thurlow CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sky Barsch Rebecca Beyer David Goodman Corin Hirsch Kate Jenkins DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Karen Henderson PRINTING Puritan Capital PUBLISHED BY VERMONT LAW SCHOOL 164 Chelsea Street, PO Box 96 South Royalton, VT 05068 vermontlaw.edu Send address changes to alumni@vermontlaw.edu or call 802-831-1312. Alumni can also update contact information on the web at connect.vermontlaw.edu.

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ON THE COVER: KYLE TISDEL JD’05 PHOTO BY CHIMERA RENE INSIDE COVER: KYLE TISDEL JD’05 PHOTO BY CHIMERA RENE

CONTENTS

DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH A circuitous path to becoming a public interest lawyer has helped this alumnus rewrite the familiar story of big gas and oil prevailing over the little landowner.

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BY DAVID GOODMAN

DEPARTMENTS LETTER FROM THE DEAN

National Reach................................. 5

DISCOVERY Climate strike, immigration victory, VLS expands, podcast, classes in the field, new EJ Clinic ...............................6

CLASS NOTES News from the VLSAA, your classmates, and friends................. 43

INTER ALIA

A Path Forward...............................55

VERMONT ALBUM ............................. 60 REPORT OF GIVING ........................... 61

OUT OF THE HAZE

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As the country begins to loosen cannabis and hemp restrictions, alumni are scrambling to protect growers’ rights and shape new policies.

BY REBECCA BEYER

PULLING STRINGS

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Working on Capitol Hill, these alumnae are creating a seismic shift that brings more power to women and other underrepresented groups in government.

BY CORIN HIRSCH

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MOVERS AND SHAKERS Alumni Gallery

From New Mexico to New York, from Seattle to Baltimore, VLS alumni are creating personal relationships and building trust to ensure their clients have access to justice.

BY SKY BARSCH

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: KENDRA BROWN JD’12, PHOTO BY JAY MALLIN; GRANT JONATHAN MSEL’97 SPEAKS WITH CONSTITUENTS, PHOTO COURTESY OF GRANT JONATHAN; ANDREW ROSS AND DAVID DIRKSEN, PHOTO BY COREY JONES; KYLE TISDEL JD’05, PHOTO BY CHIMERA RENE.

Rob Bossi THOMAS MCHENRY, PRESIDENT AND DEAN

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L E T T E R F R O M T H E D EA N

NATIONAL REACH Dear Alumni and Friends, South Royalton may be a small town in a small state, but one would be hard pressed to imagine such an accomplished law school located in a more rural spot. Within the hills that cradle our campus, something magical occurs. Vermont Law School graduates go forth from this little school ready and eager to take on the most pressing needs in society.

The impact of this school is mightily felt from Bristol Bay in Alaska to Bears Ears National Monument in Utah to the streets of Baltimore and the halls of Congress. Our graduates are working on the toughest challenges that face our nation, whether it is protecting sacred western lands from destruction by oil and mining interests, crafting cannabis regulations, or navigating the shoals of our fractious political divides in Washington.

In this issue of Loquitur, you will have a chance to hear about the millions of acres Kyle Tisdel JD’05 and Matthew Bishop JD’98, of the Western Environmental Law Center, have protected in New Mexico and the Southwest; the sensitivity that Keala Carter MELP’11 and Grant Jonathan MSEL’97 bring to assisting Native peoples in their fight to protect sacred lands in Utah and New York; and the recently formed partnership between the National Wildlife Federation and the VLS Environmental Advocacy Clinic. The largest conservation organization in the country seeks the power of the law from the nation’s premier environmental law school, because just being the largest isn’t enough. Led by Jim Murphy LLM’06, this clinic is working to prevent Alaskan wilderness from being spoiled through capricious EPA reversals as well as fighting air emissions violations by waste incinerators in New Jersey.

Along with fights for land protection, this issue details the emerging field of cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs and the legal challenges they face. Whether it’s Matthew Lyons JD’99 in Oklahoma and Frank Robison JD’12 in Colorado fighting to defend hemp transporters, or Alex Dos Santos JD’15 in California and Timothy Fair JD’12 in Vermont working to develop cannabis and hemp businesses, or the team of Vermonters working in Montpelier to craft laws to adjust to the changing nature of cannabis legal use, all are working to find their way in this new industry.

You will also gain an insider’s view of the nation’s capital, from our 2018 commencement speaker Elizabeth MacDonough JD’98 and Kendra Brown JD’12 working with Congress and political officials on Capitol Hill to Tamara Toles O’Laughlin JD/MELP’09 in nearby Baltimore.

These are but a handful of the examples of Vermont Law School graduates making an impact in both their communities and nationally. They speak volumes about the passion VLS graduates bring to their work and their lives. These graduates are also a tribute to our outstanding and accomplished faculty.

And you should know, no matter how far from South Royalton you venture to provide access to justice, you will always have a home here.

All my best,

Thomas McHenry President and Dean

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DISCOVERY IS THIS A WORLD "WORTH PROTECTING? IS IT OUR JOB TO DO THIS? HELL YES!

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~ Professor Pat Parenteau

SWANS FLOCK TO THE BURLINGTON STREETS IN YOUTH CLIMATE STRIKE RALLY In concert with a worldwide Global Climate Strike, Fighting Swans rose to the occasion on Friday, September 20. Classes paused as the Debevoise bell rang above the campus and signaled the beginning of the strike. Faculty, students, and staff streamed onto the Library Quad where Professor Patrick Parenteau led a teach-in.

“Is this a world worth protecting? Is it our job to do this? Hell yes!” Parenteau asked and answered. “This is the last meaningful moment we have to protect this planet, this small envelope that we live in.”

Parenteau discussed the underpinnings of the case Juliana v. United States, in which 21 young petitioners are working to establish that a “right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life is fundamental to a free and ordered society.”

Following Parenteau’s lecture, students and other supporters boarded a bus from outside Barrister’s Book Shop to attend the Youth Climate Strike Rally in Burlington. They met up with UVM students in Burlington and marched with them to the rally.

“Millions of young people across the world are walking out of school trying to hold world leaders accountable and demand they take action against climate change,” said Gillian Cowley JD’21, co-chair of the Environmental Law Society.

“We organized this strike on campus to educate VLS students about the Juliana v. United States case, which could have a monumental impact on the environment.

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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL OPENING A SATELLITE OFFICE IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY Vermont Law School will be opening a new satellite office on Saint Paul Street in Burlington in January 2020. Through its connection to the South Royalton Legal Clinic, the new Burlington VLS office offers legal aid, particularly on immigration law, to members of the community. Chittenden County students will also have direct access to and opportunities to participate in Vermont Law School’s academic programs through hands-on workshops and programming offered throughout the year. As an added bonus, the Admissions

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Office is available to assist students from the University of Vermont and the greater Burlington area who are interested in applying to the law school.

“As Vermont’s law school, we serve as the center of legal education and scholarship for the state,” noted Thomas McHenry, VLS president and dean. “By locating a satellite office in Burlington, the law school is bringing accessible legal expertise and the opportunity to learn more about our programs right to the citizens of Chittenden County.”

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A VICTORY FOR IMMIGRANT KIDS IN VERMONT In June, Erin Jacobsen JD’11 and Michelle Donnelly JD’13, both assistant professors and staff attorneys for the South Royalton Legal Clinic, went before the Vermont Supreme Court to appeal a lower court ruling stating that Vermont courts do not have authority to issue special immigrant juvenile findings for abused children. A mother had sought this protection for her four children after their father abandoned them, left the United States, and then placed the mother and children in removal proceedings. To make matters worse, the eldest child would turn 18 in July, aging him out of the Vermont court’s jurisdiction, leaving him without a way to avoid deportation.

The court in Addison County was willing to grant the mother full parental rights, but did not think it had authority to issue the requested special findings required under federal law. Jacobsen and Donnelly thought otherwise and

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appealed. On June 25, in Kitoko v. Salomao, a precedentsetting case authored by the chief justice, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Jacobsen and Donnelly’s clients. The court held that “… given the primacy of a child’s best interests in cases like this and the court’s broad discretion in determining those interests, [we conclude] that the court does have the authority to make such findings.” Furthermore, after granting an expedited briefing and hearing schedule, the court also ordered that “[b]ecause one of the juveniles will turn eighteen on July 13, 2019, we issue the mandate immediately and direct the court to issue its findings forthwith.”

Through the court’s quick action, the special findings were issued in time for all of the children to apply for special immigrant juvenile status and thereby fight their deportations in immigration court.

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LEARNING FOREST POLICY AND THE LAW IN THE FIELD VLS President and Dean Tom McHenry got out of the office and into the

climate change, with a focus on how federal, state, and local laws and policies address these issues. A highlight of the class was a field trip to the Dodge Farm in Tunbridge, Vermont, owned by Professor Echeverria.

“Taking advantage of local forestry expertise, we gave the students a concentrated lesson on the law and policy challenges associated with forest management in Vermont and New England,” McHenry said. “The students examined the forest laws and policies in the New England states and made recommendations for their improvement.”

woods this summer to teach a new class on Forest Policy and Law. The weekend intensive summer course introduced students to the significant policy and legal issues affecting forests and their management, using New England as a case study. Guest speakers included VLS Professor John Echeverria and Orange County (Vermont) Forester Dave Paganelli. The class examined the management of forests on private and public lands, forest fragmentation and biodiversity loss, recreational forest uses, and the implications and impact of

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HOTHOUSE EARTH PODCAST: LISTEN IN FOR EXPERT COUNSEL Vermont Law School’s new podcast “Hothouse Earth” debuted in March and covers timely topics such as climate migration, Trump’s energy policy, and the implications of the 2018 Farm Bill. Hosted by Mason Overstreet LLM’13, staff attorney at the Environmental Advocacy Clinic, and Jeannie Oliver LLM’14, staff attorney at the Energy Clinic, the podcast features experts from across the law school, as hosts and guests provide concise, accessible discussions of the most pressing issues of our time. To subscribe, go to hothouseearthpodcast.com.

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLINIC TO FOCUS ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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This fall Vermont Law School students began participating in the new Environmental Justice Clinic on campus, which focuses on the intersection of civil rights and the environment. Student clinicians are working to address racial disparities and improve environmental quality in their clients’ communities. Visiting Professor Marianne Engelman Lado, Doug Costle Chair in Environmental Law, is directing the clinic. Engelman Lado is on the faculty of Yale’s School of Public Health and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

The clinic is taking on clients from across the country, working on cases that touch on the EPA’s civil rights compliance and enforcement program and addressing issues of environmental injustice in affected communities.

“VLS students bring their social justice passion and intellectual curiosity to each case they tackle,” says Engelman Lado. “They are using the law to make a difference for these underserved communities.”

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TISDEL SUED THE BUREAU OF L AND MANAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DINÉ CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE, WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL TO BLOCK THE BLM FROM APPROVING THE OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE GREATER CHACO REGION, AN AREA THAT IS HOME TO THE NAVAJO NATION AND IS SACRED TO MANY TRIBES.

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DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH KYLE TISDEL TAKES ON BIG OIL AND GAS,

AND WINS

By David Goodman

Kyle Tisdel JD’05 and his colleague took a seat at the large, oak counsel’s table in the federal courtroom in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The cavernous chamber made the two public interest attorneys feel small. So did the scene at the table for opposing counsel, where 15 attorneys jockeyed for space. They included lawyers from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Interior and a clutch of attorneys representing the oil and gas industry who had flown in from New York and Washington, D.C. It was, Tisdel recalls of the 2015 court appearance, “a David and Goliath situation.”

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THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE’VE ACHIEVED A STRING OF SIX WINS IN FEDERAL COURT AGAINST NO DEFEATS ON THESE ISSUES OF CLIMATE AND HOLDING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CLIMATE AND THE TIMELINE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.“ ~– KYLE TISDEL JD'05

Tisdel, 41, a wiry advocate with a face framed by a rich red beard, does not represent deep-pocketed titans of the fossil fuel industry. A 2005 graduate of Vermont Law School, he is now the climate and energy director in the Taos office of the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), a public interest law firm that specializes in cases involving environmental protection, climate change, and defending frontline communities in the West. He has traveled to this courtroom via Navajo communities in the Four Corners region of the Southwest where he regularly meets with ranchers, elders, and ordinary people trying to protect their land and water from fracking pollution.

Schlenker-Goodrich credits Tisdel as “a wickedly smart architect of our strategy of challenging oil and gas extraction in the American West. His work has proven immensely successful. He has won a string of precedent-setting cases that are reshaping how the federal government must account for the climate crisis and how it is affecting our public lands. It will require BLM to account for both indirect downstream oil and gas emissions on public lands as well as cumulative emissions.”

THE LAW BY WAY OF INDIA Kyle Tisdel took a circuitous path to becoming a public interest lawyer: he walked away from the law before coming back to it.

This land has “a rich mix of cultural and historical resources, but you also have contemporary Navajo communities that, despite living in the shadow of two coal-fired power plants, don’t have running water or electricity,” Tisdel explains. This is where the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decided to permit some 4,000 fracking wells to be developed. It is a familiar story of big oil and gas versus powerless little guys.

In the usual telling, the regular folks always lose.

Tisdel was born in Detroit, grew up outside of Chicago, and earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Michigan State University. “I had a passion for environmental protection early on,” he says. “When I decided on law school, I knew I wanted to practice public interest environmental law, and VLS was at the top of that list." While at VLS, he worked at the Environmental Law Clinic under Professor Pat Parenteau and was the editor-in-chief of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

Kyle Tisdel is out to change that story.

WELC sued in 2015 on behalf of the Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, the San Juan Citizens Alliance, WildEarth Guardians, and the Natural Resources Defense Council to block the BLM from approving the oil and gas wells in the Greater Chaco region, an area that is home to the Navajo Nation and is sacred to many tribes. The plaintiffs lost the first rounds in the lower court and the 10th Circuit Court. But in May 2019, Tisdel and WELC won big: the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the BLM had violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider the cumulative impacts of the numerous fracked wells.

After graduating from VLS, Tisdel moved to Washington state. He couldn’t land a public interest law job, so he went to work for a private law firm that handled a number of environmental cases. The job left him wanting more. “I was learning how to represent clients and file cases, but as that learning curve lessened, I had this moment when I realized that I didn’t go to law school to do this.”

The Chaco decision “will create significant leverage to reform the federal public lands oil and gas program,” says Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director of WELC, and Tisdel’s boss.

Six months later, Tisdel returned to the United States and rebooted his life and career. He moved to Colorado and opened a private practice in the small mountain town of Silverton. It was there that he met his wife,

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Tisdel decided that he needed to “reground.” He resigned from the law firm and traveled to India, where he volunteered at ashrams.

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Dillon, and the couple soon moved to Taos, New Mexico. They are now parents of three small children.

When he arrived in Taos, Tisdel began doing some work for WELC. Soon after, he landed the kind of public interest law job that he’d dreamed about.

A JOB AND A MISSION Kyle Tisdel leans back and takes in the fall foliage as we sit outside the VLS library on a brisk autumn day. It is his first time back to campus since he graduated in 2005. Balancing a family of five and being a sought-after public interest attorney has made his life frenetic, but he smiles easily and enjoys the moment. He wears a bracelet of wooden meditation beads that he got in India. “It’s just a little reminder for me to stay grounded and balanced in how I conduct myself,” he tells me.

That balance is evident to his colleagues. “He definitely got into this work because he’s passionate about it,” says Megan O’Reilly, an attorney and former colleague at WELC who now works for the Regulatory Assistance Project. “At the same time, he’s very calm and organized about his work. That makes him a very effective litigator.”

Tisdel explains the “theory of change” that underlies WELC’s work. “Our work is really grounded in the communities where we operate. We work with more than 150 partner organizations around the West and the country. Our work is cradle to grave: come in at the administrative stage, help smaller community groups or regional or national groups in coalition, engage with agencies at the earliest stage of the decisionmaking process. If an agency fails in decision-making, then we litigate in federal court. There is a full arc in terms of representation.”

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Working among some of the poorest communities in the country, Tisdel is exposed to plenty of despair.

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I ask him what gives him hope.

“Having agency and taking action is actually the best medicine for that type of despair. The work around Chaco is also about community organizing and showing up and letting those people know that you are there and working with them to try and secure a better future.

The organizing aspect of that is not what attorneys typically do—other organizations focus on that. But the coalition, that includes leaders in the Navajo Nation and community members, is a robust combination of folks coming together to create lasting solutions.”

where … the federal government is needing to analyze the full range of climate impacts.”

There is something else that gives hope both to him and the people he represents: winning.

“In the last two years, we’ve achieved a string of six wins in federal court against no defeats on these issues of climate and holding the federal government accountable to the climate and the timeline of climate change,” he asserts.

Kyle Tisdel’s mission to tackle the pressing issues of our time has led him to enter a bigger arena.

In August 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District of northern New Mexico. He is currently one of nine candidates in the race to succeed Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., who is running for U.S. Senate. The primary is June 2, 2020.

These wins have national implications. “The theory of these cases that we have brought under NEPA is that we are building a wall of precedent

I ask Tisdel what motivates him to run for Congress. “The urgency of the moment that we are in,” he replies quickly. This election “is a

Noting that about one-fourth of all greenhouse gas emissions are a direct result of exploitation on public lands, Tisdel says, “We simply cannot address the climate crisis without accounting for and changing our decision-making with respect to that exploitation and the federal government’s authorization of that development.”

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fight for the soul of our country and the future of our planet. From a climate perspective, if we are not making fundamental changes to our economy and energy system and relationships with one another, we are going to miss our window when it comes to averting the worst impacts of climate change.”

Tisdel may be a newcomer to electoral politics, but he is no stranger to being in David versus Goliath battles. Finding new ways to be effective in fighting climate change may well be the ultimate version of that contest.

The guy who takes meditation beads into battle with the fossil fuel industry—and wins—laughs as he describes why he is casting himself yet again in an underdog role.

“We’re on this earth for a short amount of time,” he says. He pauses and inhales the crisp New England air.

“I’m trying to leave a better future for my kids and coming generations.”

David Goodman is a Vermont journalist, a bestselling author, and host of the public affairs radio show,“Vermont Conversation.”

THE FIGHT FOR BEARS EARS: NATIVE WAYS OF SEEING ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT SACRED LANDS When President Obama designated 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah as Bears Ears December 2016, it was hailed as a milestone in conservation and land management. Bears Ears—named for a pair of sandstone buttes that resembles the top of a bear’s head—is the first national monument created at the request of Native American tribes. Five Native American nations and the federal government are collaborating to protect thousands of sacred cultural sites and areas of spiritual importance.

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Less than a year later, President Trump slashed the size of Bears Ears by 85 percent and also reduced the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, vowing to open the sensitive lands to mining interests. This followed a lobbying effort by uranium mining companies that was led by Andrew Wheeler, who is now the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Native American tribes and environmental groups have filed suit to block Trump’s move, and the case is now in the courts.

In the middle of this fight, Keala Carter MELP’11 is working with native people to ensure that they play a central role in managing their ancestral lands. She is the lead advocate and public lands specialist for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, which represents five Native American tribes—Hopi, Navajo, Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni tribes—developing a collaborative land management plan that demonstrates the value of traditional knowledge in the management of the monument. The tribes want to expand protection and collaborative management to two million acres.

Carter, 35, grew up in Hawaii, received a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton, then worked at a large law firm in New York City. Realizing that she was more interested in policy than in law, she enrolled in the Master in Environmental Law and Policy program at Vermont Law School, graduating in 2011.

Carter says there is a connection between growing up in Hawaii and working with Native American tribes, which she started doing in 2018. “For many of the people I work for, whether it’s native tribes or less politically connected Hawaiians, just being at the table and saying, ‘I want your perspective,’ starts the transformation.” She now works with the tribes to “form the land management plan from their point of view.” This type of collaboration “is new, so a lot of times we need to create something instead of having it handy.”

Working together with Native Americans has given Carter a new perspective on the stunning landscape that she is fighting to protect. “The ways in which native people describe the landscape is different than the way I have looked at the landscape. The starkest difference is that the tribes really see the indivisibility of elements of the landscape. It’s not just points on a map with sacred sites. It’s also the spaces in between. When you are approaching a place, what are you seeing, hearing, smelling? What is that complete experience?”

The fight to protect Bears Ears has brought in national environmental organizations.

“It has been a great encouragement that some of the biggest environmental conservation organizations in the United States are focused on Bears Ears and want the tribes to succeed.”

“The best part of my work is that there is real potential for change,” says Carter. “We are bringing worthy but often excluded voices to the arena of land management.”

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A lawsuit filed in October 2019 is breaking new ground, not just for its legal arguments but also for who is making the arguments—and why.

AS DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CLINIC, JIM MURPHY LLM’06 PREDICTS THAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO USE ENVIRONMENTAL L AW AS A DRIVING FORCE TO BRING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE.

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ith a climate emergency rapidly evolving and a hostile administration undermining longestablished environmental regulations, environmentalists are finding that new global challenges demand a bigger voice and a collaborative approach. Case in point: a 3,500-acre pristine wilderness in Alaska that is home to brown bears and the iconic sockeye salmon, once thought to be protected, is suddenly at risk.

On October 10, 2019, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and 15 litigants filed suit against the Envi-

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ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) charging that the agency illegally withdrew a proposed determination that would have blocked the Pebble Mine in Alaska.

“Every scientific analysis shows that mining for gold and copper upstream of Bristol Bay would devastate world-class salmon runs, poison pristine waters, degrade wildlife habitat, and shatter the way of life of local tribes and communities,” declared Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of NWF. “This lawsuit is essential to stopping the EPA’s reckless flip-flop from irreparably ruining one of the last pristine

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ecosystems in North America and the world.”

The novel part is who is making this case: The lawsuit is the first where the Vermont Law School Environmental Advocacy Clinic (EAC), formerly known as the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, is representing NWF. This case marks the start of a new partnership between NWF and Vermont Law School (VLS). The EAC will work with Trustees for Alaska and other attorneys on the suit. Among the other litigants are the Alaska Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club.

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with real cases. But we are also a clinic that brings cases that have a lasting and meaningful impact that really make a difference in terms of protecting the environment and natural resources.”

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arah Laskin, vice president for national advocacy for NWF, says that the partnership “came at a perfect time for us and for VLS. We are always looking for opportunities to partner with institutions that are at the top of their game.”

“We’re going to take these signature environmental law cases to VLS,” says Laskin, “and what a great opportunity students and the Environmental Advocacy Clinic will have.

They’ll join us and work on real and really important cases at the same time. These are real cases with real consequences and real outcomes.

That’s a great place for students to learn and identify places that they want to work in the environmental field.” For NWF, she observes, it’s a win-win, “This partnership between NWF and VLS amplifies our voice. It’s also a nice completing of the circle.”

VLS’s partnership with NWF is headed by Jim Murphy LLM’06, director of the VLS Environmental Advocacy Clinic. Murphy, is also NWF’s director of legal advocacy and coordinates the organization’s nationwide litigation efforts. Murphy studied with Professor Patrick Parenteau, a vice president of NWF from 1976 to 1984, who founded the precursor to the Environmental Advocacy Clinic at VLS in 2004.

Murphy explains that VLS will now serve as “a litigation shop for NWF.” The arrangement is unusual for a law school. “VLS is one of the few law schools to do this, and we want to be one of the best in terms of providing a combination of firstclass instruction in how to be a lawyer

VLS students will be involved in litigation in a variety of ways, from researching the legal issues and identifying NWF members who fit the criteria needed for establishing standing to helping to draft the relevant documents to submit to court.

Cooper Hayes, a third-year VLS student from Cincinnati, says, “By far the coolest part of working in this clinic is to develop legal arguments for actual cases on issues that matter to me.”

decisions. It’s attorneys working as entrepreneurs, putting in the types of structures and changes needed to create a zero-emissions economy where we drive less, lose less land to development, and change paradigms about how we live and distribute food. That’s going to take a lot of creativity.”

Bringing together law and advocacy is a key part of the transformation that Murphy believes this moment in history demands. “A goal of this clinic and VLS is to create top lawyers and advocates who can provide the know-how and creativity to shape a very different future.”

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urphy observes that the alliance between law students and the environmental movement marks “a transformational moment.”

“We need to rethink how we structure society that takes environmental considerations into account in a way that we haven’t before. We need to shape our environmental laws to address larger systemic challenges, including restructuring our economic drivers, our infrastructure, how we get around, and our workplaces.”

“These problems transcend what the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act were intended to do,” Murphy contends. “As Trump deconstructs [those regulations], we need to defend that. But we need to be involved in political and social movements that use environmental law as a driving force to bring about transformational change, or we are going to start having problems, especially from climate change, that are too big to solve.”

Murphy argues that it is time to reimagine advocacy and activism.

“Environmental advocates can’t just be NGO attorneys. We have to bring in people who design roads and cities and are making energy

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“It’s attorneys working as entrepreneurs, putting in the types of structures and changes needed to create a zero-emissions economy where we ... change paradigms about how we live and distribute food.” ~ Jim Murphy LLM’06

David Goodman is a Vermont journalist, a bestselling author, and host of the public affairs radio show, “Vermont Conversation.”

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RARE GENETICS ON DISPL AY AT A ROBISON L AW CLIENT’S HEMP FIELD IN BOULDER, COLORADO. AMAZINGLY THESE FLOWERS HAVE LESS THAN 0.3% THC, THE PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUND IN CANNABIS, AND AN ABUNDANCE OF OTHER BENEFICIAL COMPOUNDS.

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ANDREW ROSS AND DAVID DIRKSEN ARE PICTURED IN PAWHUSK A, OKL AHOMA, AF TER THEY WERE RELEASED FROM JAIL ON BOND JANUARY 15.

In January 2019, four men were pulled over by police in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and found to be carrying nearly 20,000 pounds of what smelled like marijuana in the back of a big rig.

The men claimed they were transporting industrial hemp, but the officers on the scene weren’t taking any chances and subsequently booked them all into the Osage County Jail.

Even Matthew L. Lyons JD’99, who went on to represent two of the men, was initially skeptical of their claim.

“Twenty thousand pounds of something in the back of a truck and you’re telling me it’s completely legal?” asks Lyons, who practices out of Tulsa. “I was one of the first skeptics.”

The farm bill that Congress passed and President Trump signed into law in December 2018 removed

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hemp from the list of controlled substances, so if that’s what the defendants—who faced felony marijuana-trafficking charges and the possibility of life in prison— were truly carrying, their arrests would have been unwarranted.

But several days after they were jailed, confusion continued to abound. Part of the problem?

There’s no easy way to determine whether cannabis is marijuana or hemp (the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration put out a request for information on field test kits in February). And test results vary depending on a variety of factors, including whether the product was completely dry when it was analyzed.

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“We still don’t know what we have yet,” the Osage County prosecutor told reporters at the time. “We are in a holding pattern right now.”

Indeed, the entire United States seems to be in a holding pattern when it comes to the legal issues surrounding cannabis. In a world of black-letter laws, cannabis-related products and businesses exist in a seemingly perpetual state of gray.

Whether someone can legally grow, purchase, sell, or use cannabis depends, in most cases, on which state he or she lives in, and, perhaps, how willing that person is to risk running afoul of an ever-evolving civil and criminal legal framework.

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They are transactional attorneys advising cannabisrelated companies on compliance. And in Vermont, as state legislators and legislative counsel, they are literally writing the laws that govern all of the above.

attorney general in Colorado assigned to the University of Colorado system. Researchers wanted to study cannabis but were afraid doing so would jeopardize their federal funding because cannabis was a controlled substance at the time.

Although they bring different expertise and experience to their work, these VLS alumni generally share a sense that marijuana laws have been used unfairly to target certain groups of people, including people of color (in 2018, The New York Times found that blacks in New York City were eight times more likely to be arrested for lowlevel marijuana charges than whites, and Hispanics were five times more likely; other cities and states have found similarly startling racial disparities). They also share an excitement for the intellectual challenges that come with practicing in such a dynamic area of the law.

Eventually, Robison helped researchers find a way to study the effects of cannabis without risking the school’s federal funding. The solution? To take their experiments off campus with a mobile laboratory in which scientists could perform a variety of tests on marijuana users.

“I find it extremely satisfying and interesting to help educate people about what they can and can’t do, and when they’re crossing that figurative line,” says Frank Robison JD’12, a Colorado attorney who represented the company buying the cannabis in the Oklahoma case.

“I advise them where that line is, and I don’t work with people who cross it.”

After leaving Vermont Law School, Robison earned an LLM in entrepreneurial law and wrote his master’s thesis on deploying capital in the cannabis industry. One of his first forays into the field was as a special assistant

“None of the other special assistant attorneys general were interested in tackling the problem,” he recalls. “So, I really waved my hand high and wide to my bosses.”

Today, Robison, through the Robison Law Group (also known as TheHempLawFirm.com), mostly represents businesses in transactional matters. A major component of his work is advising domestic and international clients on how they can bring cannabidiol (CBD) products to the market in accordance with current and potential future requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Familiarity with CBD regulations is also a major part of the job description for Alex Dos Santos JD’15. The former professional snowboarder is in charge of business affairs and sports marketing at NanoCraft Sciences, a CBD company based in La Jolla, California.

“We try to maintain the utmost compliance,” Dos Santos says, “even thinking ahead to what [the FDA] is probably going to rule on so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”

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Still, a disclaimer is prominently displayed on the bottom of NanoCraft’s website: “The statements and products referred to throughout this site have not been evaluated by the FDA. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or condition.” And, in less than a year on the job, Dos Santos already has tweaked labels (from “pain stick” to “muscle and joint stick,” for instance) and wrangled with how to ship products that are still illegal in some states and countries. Because NanoCraft is geared toward the sports world, he also negotiates contracts with athletes and stays on top of which sporting events allow CBD use or corporate sponsorship and which do not (Olympics: yes; motocross: no).

“I try to tread as lightly as possible and be really diligent on the research,” Dos Santos says.

Green Means Go … Sort Of Uncertainty is the name of the game even when states have taken a gradual approach to legalization. Vermont first gave the green light to marijuana for medical purposes in 2004. In 2018, it approved limited recreational use through its legislature (rather than a ballot initiative passed by voters as other states have done).

Adults in the state can possess up to 1 ounce of pot and grow up to two mature and four immature cannabis plants, but they cannot buy or sell marijuana. To date, a bill to tax and regulate pot sales has stalled, in part because of law enforcement’s concerns about how to test for impaired driving.

“It takes so much longer through the legislative process because people want to discuss absolutely everything,” says Michele Childs JD’96, who has drafted most of the marijuana-related legislation as an attorney in the state’s Office of Legislative Council (her colleague and former classmate Michael O’Grady JD’96 has written Vermont’s hemp-related laws). “It really gets vetted and talked about year after year, and at some point, they see if they can get enough votes and the governor will sign something.”

“ We try to maintain the utmost compliance, even thinking ahead to what [the FDA] is probably going to rule on so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”

The state’s piecemeal approach has led to some creative marketing by would-be cannabis entrepreneurs. In July 2018, Vermont’s attorney general issued an advisory warning people against “gifting” marijuana with the purchase of another product or charging someone a delivery fee for a “free” sample of pot.

“We have this situation where we’ve legalized it, but people can’t get it unless they grow it themselves, so the black market is thriving,” says Vermont Senator Joe Benning JD’83, a Republican who has sponsored marijuana legislation in the state.

Timothy Bryon Fair JD’12, who launched his Burlingtonbased cannabis law firm in 2018, agrees.

“Half-assed legalization inspires people to try to find every loophole,” he says.

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Fair has advised clients on the risks of trying to skirt the ban on sales with gifts; defended the owner of a skateboard shop against federal marijuana charges;

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and won dismissal of state felony charges against a licensed hemp grower who was arrested for having four mature plants instead of two after police obtained a search warrant based on the smell of marijuana.

Benning says that when it comes to pot, criminal sanctions seem particularly disproportionate.

“We have an internal joke [in the legislature] that somebody high on heroin or alcohol would blow through a stop sign, and someone high on marijuana would sit there and wait for it to turn green,” Benning says.

Such actions—or inactions, as the case may be—are in line with her overall approach to criminal justice; George is part of Fair and Just Prosecution, a group of prosecutors committed to fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibility. But there’s also a more practical component to her thinking. After she took over as her county’s state’s attorney in 2017, George helped people expunge past convictions for possessing amounts of marijuana that are now perfectly legal. She doesn’t want to rack up new convictions that can likely be expunged in the future.

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Some reform-minded prosecutors are taking matters into their own hands, using their discretion to push back on what they see as arbitrary laws. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George JD’10 says marijuana-gifting cases are not a priority for her office, and she has directed her staff not to charge people who possess up to 2 ounces of pot, even though that’s double the legal limit.

VERMONT SENATOR JOE BENNING JD’83 (R-CALEDONIA) HAS SPONSORED—AND MICHELE CHILDS JD’96, AS AN ATTORNEY IN THE STATE’S OFFICE OF LEGISL ATIVE COUNCIL HAS DRAF TED—MARIJUANA-REL ATED LEGISL ATION IN VERMONT.

Benning, who says he has “sat through literally hundreds of hours of testimony” and traveled to Alaska, California, Oregon, and Colorado learning “the good, the bad, and the ugly” about cannabis, feels the law hasn’t yet caught up to societal views on the issue.

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“With this bigger conversation about tax and regulate coming, I feel uncomfortable charging anybody for up to 2 ounces if we’re just going to have to do this whole thing again in a couple of years,” she says. “That just feels like a lot of extra work, not to mention unjust.”

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“But the real story is the arrest of four people who truly believed they were participating in a legal act. Let’s get clarity when you don’t have guys who have 15 years to life hanging over their heads.”

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In the meantime, trying to form legitimate cannabis-related businesses is a challenge.

Fair said it took him six months to find a bank that would open an account for his law firm, even though his work is not “plant-touching in any way, shape, or form.” He also initially had a hard time cultivating a network of professional services— insurers, accountants, bookkeeping companies— that he could recommend to his clients.

“I’d get as far as the word cannabis,” he laughs, “before the conversation was shut down on the other end.”

Looking for Clarity The Oklahoma case is a good example of how hard it can be to get things right. The broker buying the cannabis, represented by Robison, and Lyons’s clients—Andrew Ross and David Dirksen, partners in a security company called Patriot Shield—did everything they could to ensure they were on the proper side of the law. Patriot Shield had a contract showing they had been hired to provide security and logistics for the transport of the goods from a grower in Kentucky to the broker in Colorado. The broker had a contract with the grower that stated the broker wouldn’t take possession of the cannabis if it was anything but hemp. The product was insured through Lloyd’s of London. The defendants planned a route that avoided states with more restrictive cannabis laws. And, when they were stopped in Oklahoma, they cooperated fully with police and waited at the scene for Drug Enforcement Administration personnel to arrive.

“If we are drug traffickers, we are literally the worst drug traffickers ever,” Andrew Ross said in an interview in the days after his arrest.

Nevertheless, the local district attorney eventually cited test results showing that approximately 4,000 pounds of the cannabis in the truck had tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels higher than what is allowed under the federal definition of hemp. Lyons and Robison were prepared to argue that the confiscated cannabis was not marijuana but rather noncompliant hemp. Under most relevant state laws, including Oklahoma’s, a crop that tests higher than 0.3 percent THC but less than one percent THC is destroyed but does not lead to criminal prosecution.

With those percentages, “you’re still talking about the worst marijuana in the world,” Robison says.

In the end, however, they didn’t have to test that theory. The district attorney’s office dismissed all charges against the defendants, accepting their argument that they did not know they weren’t carrying legal hemp (Robison’s client has since sued the grower in federal court.)

Lyons and Robison both praised prosecutors for their willingness to engage on complicated issues.

In their case, and so many others, it’s clear there is no shortage of interesting legal questions when it comes to cannabis. But, as they argued in Oklahoma, finding the answers shouldn’t come at the expense of someone’s personal freedom.

“Is this hemp, or noncompliant hemp, or marijuana—that’s a great story,” Lyons says. “But the real story is the arrest of four people who truly believed they were participating in a legal act.

Let’s get clarity when you don’t have guys who have 15 years to life hanging over their heads.”

Rebecca Beyer is a freelance writer living in Boston.

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“The population has gone one way, and the government, being stupid, has gone the other,” he says. “Legalization and commercialization of a retail market that is regulated by the state and taxed appropriately is a move in the right direction.”

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Hemp and marijuana are two different types of the cannabis plant. According to federal law, cannabis is hemp if it has less than 0.3 percent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is the psychoactive compound that produces marijuana’s high. CBD, or cannabidiol, is derived from hemp. Because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its use as a drug, it is technically illegal to add the compound to a food or label it as a dietary supplement. There are also limitations on how CBD products can be marketed. Nevertheless, CBD is everywhere. And even the FDA seems to recognize its regulations are not entirely clear. The agency sent a representative to the National Industrial Hemp Council Business Summit in August and has published several explanatory articles and Q&As on the topic. In response to one question—“Is it legal for me to sell CBD products?”—the FDA’s answer begins, “It depends.”

MATTHEW LYONS JD’99 REPRESENTED ANDREW ROSS AND DAVID DIRKSEN IN THEIR CASE BEFORE THE OSAGE COUNT Y DISTRICT COURT IN PAWHUSK A, OKL AHOMA.

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Pulling Strings

On the upper tiers of Congress, two Vermont Law School alumnae quietly exert their influence

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“If I try to dissect something, I think about Professor David Firestone, who was methodical and organized and would look at things in a time continuum.

It helps me to organize something in a linear fashion to make sense of it, like pulling a thread of a sweater and then putting it back together.”

A Job She Almost Didn’t Take When the Senate parliamentarian post was created in 1935, it was done so specifically for clerk Charles Watkins, a trained stenographer with a photographic memory who was already unofficially serving as an advisor on Senate procedure. Only five people have held the post since, including MacDonough, who ascended into the job after then-parliamentarian Alan Frumin retired. (“There's a new sheriff in town," said Senator Harry Reid on the Senate floor that day).

It wasn’t necessarily the type of job MacDonough ever imagined she’d have as she headed to law school in the mid-1990s.

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“My grandfather was a lawyer, my uncle John is a lawyer, my brother is a lawyer, my cousin John is a lawyer,” MacDonough said. Growing up outside of D.C. (and, later, Connecticut), MacDonough envisioned herself as a lawyer too. After earning her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 1988, she spent five years working as a Senate library aide.

On the first floor of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is an office with vaulted ceilings and a working fireplace where Senate aides come to bend the ear of staff, especially when they’re advancing legislation under the complex process known as budget reconciliation. Presiding over this office, most of the time quietly, is the parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Cross MacDonough JD’98. However, when the Senate is in session, and she’s seated in front and below the Presiding Officer. “I’m a referee,” said MacDonough, who in 2012 became the first woman to hold the post.

“We help guide the Senate in its day-to-day proceedings and interpret the Senate’s rules, precedents, and statutes, deciding which constitutional provisions apply.”

Initially drawn by VLS’s environmental program, MacDonough took classes in international law, family law, national security law, and intellectual property. “There was a pull from each of them,” she said. “I didn’t have a focus, but I thought I knew I wanted to be a litigator.”

And that was the path she followed after graduation, working as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice at an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In the winter of 1999, at a memorial service for one of her close friends—Scott Bates, the Senate’s then-legislative clerk—MacDonough was told about the opening for an assistant in the parliamentarian’s office.

Barely a year out of law school, she initially dismissed the idea. “When you come up in more junior clerical positions in the Senate, you think the parliamentarians are like these demigods, that they know everything,” MacDonough said. “I was really torn, because litigation was something that I loved. It was a sort of ‘two paths diverge’ kind of thing. You don’t really go into the parliamentarian’s office and then practice law again.”

When the Senate seas get stormy—as they can when contentious legislation arises—MacDonough’s low-key visage may dissolve when her office’s role is catapulted into the media, as it was in both 2015 and 2017, during the debate over proposed health care legislation from each party.

At such times, right-leaning media might like to point out that MacDonough is unelected; in 2017, one called her “a little lawyer.” MacDonough, a down-to-earth presence with an easy sense of humor, has a geniality about it and doesn’t express affiliation of any kind, lest it compromise the “historically unpartisan presence” of the Senate parliamentarian, as she puts it, “with neutrality as its hallmark.”

Ultimately, after much research and advice-seeking, MacDonough accepted and became assistant parliamentarian in May 1999. It was a baptism by fire. “It was all new, and nothing you study in school. Some of it is legal, obviously, and constitutional, but a lot is based on this unique set of the Senate’s own rules.”

Some of the office’s tasks are mundane, she pointed out—such as keeping time—but the parliamentarian also refers every piece of legislation to committee, advises on committee jurisdiction, and decides what’s in order.

“We also do a lot of things that people don’t think about,” she said, such as counting electoral ballots during presidential elections, undertaken during a joint session of Congress. After the 2000 election, MacDonough advised candidate and then-vice president Al Gore on

Of the 800 or so VLS alumni who work in government, about a quarter are on the federal tier, with sizable contingents at both the Environmental Protection Agency (44 alumni) and Department of Justice (16).

Nearly a third working on the federal level, though, are not affiliated with an agency—but their influence is felt in other ways.

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KENDRA BROWN JD’12, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR NORTH CAROLINA’S REP. G. K. BUTTERFIELD ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

“I had two parents who were always in service to others, so I knew I wanted to have a role where I helped people and could make a difference,” ~ Kendra Brown JD’12

counting the ballot, one of her job duties. Years later that assistance led some to report, erroneously, that she had worked for Gore.

“That became a huge issue for me during the [2015] health care debate, when some were trying to say that I had my thumb on the scale,” said MacDonough.

When it comes to parsing challenging decisions, MacDonough will often cast back to experiences at VLS. “I hear [my professors’] voices in my head all the time,” MacDonough said. “If I try to dissect something, I think about Professor David Firestone, who was methodical and organized and would look at things in a time continuum. It helps me to organize something in a linear fashion to make sense of it, like pulling a

thread of a sweater and then putting it back together.”

While the parliamentarian’s decisions are not binding, the Senate always follows the guidance, and it seems that MacDonough has earned respect. That might stem partly from relationships fostered during grueling stretches. “Nothing will build friendships better than sitting in a three-day filibuster,” MacDonough joked. “You get to learn who the morning people are and who the nighttime people are, who the cat people are, and who the dog people are. We talk about things like ‘Game of Thrones’ and sports and sometimes policy. You learn to view [senators] as human beings.”

A Steady Arc About a mile away, inside the Rayburn House Office Building, Kendra F. Brown JD’12 works for the other body of Congress, as chief of staff for Congressman G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C. She began the job in December 2018 after an influential career that has wended through the Capitol, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congressional Black Caucus, and on the staffs of several members of Congress.

Growing up in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Brown said her parents

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instilled a deep sense of giving back that would eventually propel her into law. (Her father was a church pastor as well as assistant principal of her high school.) “I had two parents who were always in service to others, so I knew I wanted to have a role where I helped people and could make a difference,” said Brown.

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Virginia’s Hampton University, Brown eventually headed to VLS, where she was drawn to the school’s environmental justice focus—but the Vermont mountains also reminded her of home. “I knew that there were VLS alumni that had gone to work with the government,” said Brown.

Two VLS faculty in particular significantly impacted Brown’s path: the late dean Gil Kujovich, with whom she took a civil rights seminar, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity Shirley Jefferson JD’86. “Dean Kujovich was such an amazing professor, weaving his work in civil rights into what he was teaching us,” she said. “And, understanding all the barriers Dean Jefferson had to fight through to come to law school and to be so successful in her career—they were both such an inspiration to me.”

While at VLS, Brown became involved with the National Black Law Student Association, first

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as northeast regional chair and, later, national chair working on issues such as election protection, criminal justice reform, and educational equity. “It was very transformative in my career and really set the tone for everything in terms of what I’m doing now,” Brown said.

Brown’s subsequent career constantly hits higher octaves: After VLS, she earned a master of divinity from Howard University and held positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as counsel for Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.; as deputy chief of staff for Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Penn.; and as senior director for diversity, inclusion, and affinity for the Washington College of Law at American University, where she earned her master of laws.

Her two-year stint as policy director for the Congressional Black Caucus was pivotal. “It was a very interesting time.

Ferguson had just happened, the death of Michael Brown, and there was a lot of unrest in the nation,” Brown said.

“I thought it would be a great opportunity and to be a part of turning the tide, and what the appropriate response should be from Congress. So many things have happened as a result of that time in history.”

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As Representative Butterfield’s chief of staff, Brown leads a staff of 19 in forging and supporting the congressman’s priorities, such as protecting voting rights, affordable healthcare, technology and broadband inclusion, and equal access to jobs and job training. Her weekdays usually begin with an 8:15 a.m. meeting, and she travels to North Carolina at least once a month. Will she ever run for office herself? “I actually don’t consider [it],” she said. “I really adore serving the constituents that I do.”

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In the Eye of Change In their respective time on the Hill, both MacDonough and Brown have witnessed shifts. For MacDonough—who credits her career-minded grandmother and mother as mentors—the role of women has evolved since she started in the Senate in 1990. “Certainly I’ve seen a cultural shift, a shift in the power structure and how much of it is held by women,” MacDonough said. “There are more women in power in the Senate—the first female legislative clerk, the first female sergeant at arms.”

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“More attention is paid to diversity and inclusion,” observed Brown, “but I think there is more work that needs to be done. We have to ensure that we always have well-thought-out efforts and plans and processes in place to ensure staff working on [House and Senate] issues are representative of the constituents we serve.”

As she helps advance that work, Brown said she is in frequent contact with other VLS alumni. “We talk frequently.

Not a week goes by that we’re not in communication. They are lifelong friends.”

Corin Hirsch is a journalist who primarily writes about food, agriculture, and business.

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GRANT JONATHAN MSEL'9 7 SEL' 97 GR A N T JONATH A NAM N MSEL'9 7 H T A N O J T N GR AGRANT JONATHAN MSEL'97 A member of Tuscarora, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy, Grant Jonathan MSEL’97 saw firsthand how environmental degradation and a changing climate impacted the land and Indian Nations.

“I wanted to contribute and do something about it,” he said. Jonathan attended law school at the University of Buffalo and then was awarded a First Nations Environmental Law Fellowship at Vermont Law School. Since then, Jonathan has done nothing but tribal environmental work.

RESILIENT PEOPLE For the past 18 years, Jonathan has been with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as a regional Indian coordinator for the past seven. Based in New York, his role includes providing

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Jonathan’s work is often complicated by not having enough resources to address issues such as garbage being dumped on Indian land or the polluting of water that for centuries has been used for drinking, fishing, agriculture, and spiritual purposes. To get at these problems, he often teams up with other state and local entities to combine resources.

Jonathan meets annually with leaders in upstate New York to discuss priorities, and this year, climate change was the dominating concern. “Most of these nations are beyond adaptation planning.

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projects that make their communities stronger, such as streambank stabilization, removing invasive plants, and controlling flooding.” They also look at how climate change has affected their spiritual lives, altering when ceremonies occur—for the first maple tree tapping or for thunder—based on the changing climate.

In his spare time, Jonathan is an award-winning Iroquois bead artist.

His intricate work detailing flowers and animals—owls are a favorite—can take weeks to a month to complete.

“I love my job,” Jonathan said. “Once in a while, I may reflect through my own awareness, I’ve come full circle; I’m actually still doing what I set out to do when I went to school.”

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Now retired from the Marine Corps, Johnson’s appetite for problem-solving has led him to tackle the military’s suicide and mental health crisis through his role as chief operating officer at the Lebanon, New Hampshire-based company Voi. “When I was chief of staff for the Marine Corps Reserves—this was in 2010 after the Afghanistan surge—I was dealing with a service member’s suicide or attempt every couple of weeks. I knew that we had an issue,” Johnson said. “When we created Voi Detect and Voi Reach, I got very excited that we could actually help provide care.”

The company combines cutting-edge technology with proven psychiatric techniques to identify and aid people with mental health challenges. With Voi Detect, a commanding officer can administer an assessment using any internet-connected device. The program

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reads the results using an algorithm which replicates a psychiatrist’s judgment. Voi Reach provides a coach who assists the individual and works with their support network.

Johnson said that Voi’s ease of use and its reach make it ideal for military use, particularly for service members in areas that lack resources. Voi’s programs are currently used in hospitals, at colleges and universities, and in the Air Force. They are in talks with the Veterans Administration, and plan to expand their market to Japan.

PROVIDING CARE As the company continues to grow, Johnson feels that the education he received while at VLS has prepared him for his key role at Voi. “Even though I don’t don’t practice law any longer, everything I learned at [Vermont Law School], I use on a daily basis. Contracting, managing people, human resources, a lot of it came from my three years at law school and I truly appreciate what I learned there.”

Kate Jenkins is the social media and marketing coordinator at Vermont Law School.

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As a 30-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Richard (Rick) Johnson JD’97 has always been drawn to challenges and eager to pioneer solutions. He fought in Desert Storm and deployed to more than 40 countries, including Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia. He served as commander of a C-130 squadron, inspector general for the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and chief of staff for the Marine Corps Reserves. While in the Reserves, he earned his law degree from VLS.

EW BISHOP JD'98 MATTH MATTHEW BISHOP JD'98 '98 MATTHEW BISHOP JD MATTHEW BISHOP JD'98 As a wildlife attorney for the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), Matthew Bishop JD’98 is a voice for animal species at risk, particularly for predators found in the West. These top-of-thefood-chain animals need large tracts of land to support vital populations and are critical to maintaining healthy populations farther down the chain.

“My work mostly focuses on the recovery of threatened and endangered species,” Bishop said from his office in Helena, Montana. Since 1998, Bishop has won most of the 50-some cases he has brought as lead counsel in federal (and occasionally state) court, protecting lynx, wolverine, and Mexican wolves, and safeguarding unique places from logging and off-road vehicles.

In one of his recent wins, he and his co-counsel reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region.

Bishop’s work ramped up when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sought to transfer management of some species to individual states—prematurely, according to Bishop. Since then, the level of transparency has changed regarding how listing and delisting determinations are made.

Once Bishop files a lawsuit against the federal government, he likes digging into the evidence.

Poring over thousands of pages of records is more like putting together pieces of a puzzle than doing investigative work, he said. A lifelong outdoorsman, his work seems more a life’s calling than a job.

“It’s a niche practice that I really enjoy.”

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California-based Monica Miller JD’12 fights for the separation of church and state. As legal director and senior counsel for the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center and executive director of the Humanist Legal Society, Miller’s work is often around issues that arise in public schools. When a letter isn’t enough, Miller has filed lawsuits in federal court. She won a case against a South Carolina public elementary school for holding endof-year ceremonies in a Christian chapel and a case against a Mississippi high school for inviting a minister to deliver prayers at graduation ceremonies.

as state governments that claim to have a public forum for a legislative prayer practice that allows community members to deliver opening remarks. In these instances, Miller has called upon the Satanists for support. One of her clients delivered a Satanic prayer at a Florida city council meeting. “This Satanic prayer gave Christians a mere taste of what it feels like to be Muslim, atheist, or Jewish at these city meetings that regularly open with Christian prayer.”

Miller has also prevailed in many First Amendment lawsuits against other government entities, such

The association and several residents of Maryland’s Prince George County sued to remove a 40-foot

And in 2014, Miller’s work took her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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cross-shaped war memorial sitting on state property. The cross was built as a tribute to WWI soldiers and the state has spent more than $100,000 on maintaining it.

Challengers saw it as an unconstitutional endorsement of a particular religion.

BALANCING ACT In a fractured decision, the Supreme Court allowed the cross to remain.

“Religion is being thrown around as a sword,” Miller said. “It’s making people wake up. I actually find more people who are religious coming to us reporting—people who are Christian—speaking out against Christian favoritism.”

—S.B.

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“

... I thought, I’ve got to test

my ideals to see if this is really what I want

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to pursue.

Jennifer Wellman JD’94

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Jennifer Wellman JD’94 can draw a direct line from the moment she realized she wanted to be a public defender to her groundbreaking work with the Federal Public Defender’s office in Seattle.

When Rubin “Hurricane” Carter came to speak at Vermont Law School, Wellman became so moved that she abandoned plans to pursue environmental law and fully embraced criminal defense.

ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE “I was overwhelmed,” she recalled of Carter’s moving speech. “There was something about the injustice of it all ...

I thought, I’ve got to test my ideals to see if this is really what I want to pursue.”

Wellman eventually headed to Seattle and the Federal Public Defender’s office where many of the cases she saw had a

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tie-in to substance abuse. It touched all areas of her clients’ lives, from housing to employment to family relations and self-esteem.

In 2009, the now chief judge in the Western District of Washington, Wellman and representatives from the Probation Department, and U.S. Attorney’s Office started to look at incarceration alternative programs.

“I’ve always thought you can make change through litigation, but you can also make change through policy and collaboration,” Wellman said.

By 2011, Wellman and other stakeholders developed the Drug Reentry Alternative Model, or DREAM. Applicants must meet certain criteria—there must be a link between their role in an offense and substance use disorder.

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If accepted into the program, they must enter a guilty plea, which is held in abeyance while they complete the program. If successful, their charges are dismissed with prejudice. If not successful, they go to sentencing.

Today, there are more than 30 problem-solving programs across the country. While addressing substance abuse is a key component of DREAM, so is addressing issues around health, education, housing, employment, and child custody.

“In my experience, more often than not, people are not proud of their mistakes,” said Wellman, “and when substance abuse or mental illness is behind their choices, the answer is not necessarily incarceration.”

—S.B.

NA ROUSSEAU JD'03 CRISTI CRISTINA ROUSSEAU JD'03 3 ISTINA ROUSSEAU JD'0 CR CRISTINA ROUSSEAU JD'03 In 2018, Cristina Rousseau JD’03 volunteered to work with women and children asylum seekers in Dilley, Texas, at the nation’s largest family detention center.

As a Spanish-speaking attorney, Rousseau helped women prepare for their “credible fear” interview. If they could demonstrate a credible or reasonable fear, they would be released and could begin the long and difficult process of seeking asylum. But if not, they were deported, which Rousseau says is “nothing less than a death sentence.”

With thousands of women fleeing violence, Rousseau couldn’t help them all. Should she spend more time with fewer women, she wondered, giving them the best shot at being better prepared, or work with as many women as possible, with less intensive support per person?

“I was born and raised in Ecuador, so in addition to speaking Spanish, I understand the culture,” she said, “and that can be incredibly helpful to understand

refugees and gather the important information.” She acknowledged, “You see a lot of terrible things.”

Vermont Law School contributed to Rousseau’s global humanitarian outlook: she spent semesters in Italy, France, and Russia. “VLS allowed me to go to all of these different places. My view of law was never ‘law in the United States.’”

After graduating, Rousseau took a trial lawyer position with a small law firm in Orford, New Hampshire. She loved her work and went on to become the firm’s first female partner and first minority partner.

Rousseau is heading back to the Southwest, again as a volunteer, to help asylum seekers; though this time, she is likely traveling to the Mexican side of the border.

“They need Spanish-speaking attorneys,” she said. “I am an immigrant … I know, perhaps a little too well, what our country can offer. I also know how horrible the conditions in some of those places can be.”

—S.B.

Rob Bossi

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TOM NELSON LLM'03 TOM NELSON LLM'03 TOM NELSON LLM'03 TOM NELSON LLM'03 One thread runs throughout Tom Nelson’s LLM’03 work as executive director of Michigan’s Leelanau Conservancy land trust: building relationships.

The globally rare microclimate called the West Michigan Fruit Belt is home to one of the country’s most productive areas for growing stone fruits—cherries, peaches, and apricots—as well as apples and wine grapes. It’s also highly desirable for second-home owners. For farmers weathering a difficult and demanding way of life, a large cash payout from a real estate developer can be tempting.

But as more agricultural land is developed, the environment and water quality become degraded, and the food supply can suffer.

BUILDING TRUST The Leelanau Conservancy realized a novel approach was needed after a local citizens group tried—and failed—to add a property tax that would fund conserving farmland. But in a red state, Nelson had his work cut out for him.

“We had farmers who saw us as an envi-

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ronmental organization, and those tend to not have strong relationships with the agricultural community.”

To build trust, the conservancy introduced the FarmAbility program, in which the Leelanau Conservancy would pay participating landowners to keep their land open and undeveloped for 10 years. Afterward, the land could be developed if the landowner wished, no strings attached.

Participation was voluntary and farmland owners signed up. During the time that followed, both sides got to know each other “as human beings.”

“We were grateful farmers were willing to give us a chance,” Nelson said. “They learned that we really meant what we said, with more than 5,000 acres enrolled within 60 days. Many of those farmers who signed up later did permanent conservation projects with us.”

In those projects, the Leelanau Conservancy provided farmers with compensation to buy perpetual conservation easements on or development rights

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to their land. Working together, the land trust, landowners, donors, and governmental bodies have been able to preserve 15,000 acres of land—of which 6,000 acres is active farmland—and 48 miles of shoreline and inland streams.

This success has led Nelson to talk with land trusts around the country about the experience.

“When you sit down with a farm family, you need to recognize that their land is really their only significant asset of value, and they’re going to be very careful with it,” Nelson said. “If you’re incapable of understanding how monumental those decisions are and of showing compassion and valuing the relationships, you’re not going to get very far.

“At VLS they stress the importance of relationships: to land and water, to human health and our ecosystem, to one another. Although there wasn’t a class on building good, strong, trusting relationships, I learned it from my professors and my classmates.”

—S.B.

Courtesy of Tori Lloyd

IA LLOYD JD'09 VICTOR VICTORIA LLOYD JD'09 9 VICTORIA LLOYD JD'0 VICTORIA LLOYD JD'09 Aging parents who put their trust in children or grandchildren to manage their finances, or make major health and living decisions, give up some control and potentially put themselves at risk.

Sometimes, the people entrusted help themselves to money or belongings.

For someone who has ceded control to know when this is happening is hard, and when they do discover it, coming to terms with the trust that’s been broken is even harder.

That’s where Victoria (Tori) Lloyd’s JD’09 Vermont-based firm Athena Advocacy and the nonprofit she founded, Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) of Vermont, come in. Through Athena Advocacy, Lloyd’s team mitigates financial abuse and exploitation, and FAST helps elders and vulnerable Vermonters avoid it in the first place. Their work has earned Lloyd the Vermonter of the Month award through the Vermont Attorney General’s Office.

“We’re boots on the ground providing direct services,” Lloyd said. “We serve a population that is incredibly vulnerable and needs support by a third party to stay financially, emotionally, and physically safe as they age.”

When trust between family members has been broken, the situation is complex. Lloyd’s clients may not want to see a loved one go to jail nor be a witness at a trial. “Adult children may feel entitled to, or are looking for, an accelerated inheritance and are accessing mom or dad’s funds for their own benefit,” Lloyd said. “I try to address how to repair those relationships. Is it a restorative justice path? Many times a criminal path is not as useful as repairing family dynamics.”

Lloyd’s work focuses on her clients remaining independent as long as possible. Whether it’s helping a client with a clogged toilet or finding a specific type of shampoo for their supported living

EASING TRANSITIONS environment. Those issues may seem small, but they directly impact quality of life, sense of purpose, and self-worth.

She also aids clients in the transition to living in a care facility, including all of the accompanying complex legal, financial, health, and logistical considerations.

Lloyd said Vermont Law School instilled in her to use her legal education to meet the needs of the community. She

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credits the late Professor Cheryl Hanna for encouraging students to help people who don’t have a voice.

“It’s unfortunate when people take advantage of family members,” Lloyd said. “Our work is professionally and personally rewarding, to know that we’re ensuring someone’s life is as good as it can be.”

—S.B.

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P'09 JD/MEL TAMARA TOLES O'LAUGHLIN P'09 L E /M D J IN L H G U A 'L O S E L O T A R A TAM TAMARA TOLES O'LAUGHLIN JD/MELP'09 TAMARA TOLES O'LAUGHLIN JD/MELP'09

If anyone was poised to take on a task of this magnitude, it was Toles O’Laughlin. After graduating from Vermont Law School, Toles O’Laughlin interned for “every environmental organization possible” and then made a name for herself as executive director of the Maryland Environmental Health Network.

There, she was the chief architect of the Baltimore Climate Resolution, which unanimously passed the city council after U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. She has served on and led several environmental boards, including six years at the D.C. chapter of EcoWomen. And she has a network of VLS alumni to tap into. In short, after 21 years in meaningful environmental advocacy, she was up for the challenge.

TAKING ACTION At 350.org, Toles O’Laughlin got right to work, leading all teams in the United States and Canada, and acting as the liaison to global teams supporting strikes in 185 countries. The result?

More than 7.6 million people participated in more than 6,100 events on September 20 and, during the week that followed, another 6,000 events led by members of 350’s local networks in the United States.

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Before the week of action, Toles O’Laughlin pushed for even more social change. She made inclusivity a priority for her teams—multigenerational, mutiracial, multi-able-bodied. She asked her teams to suggest people of color for interviews and to pitch stories to ethnic media outlets. She asked for more opportunities for people who couldn’t risk getting arrested or walking out of school. She asked that events be accessible.

“Being excluded from making decisions and then having those same decisions impact your health, well-being, and right to thrive—it’s the same thing whether you’re talking about meat-packing, insecticides, and so on,” noted Toles O’Laughlin. “If you exclude the people who are most likely to be harmed, you can conduct business a lot faster.”

The week of action will likely go down in history as one of the biggest moments in facing climate change; and importantly, people from all demographics participated in paving the way toward lasting change.

“Mobilizing, striking—it was amazing— and creates conditions for more work to happen,” Toles O’Laughlin said. “It emboldens legislators to write more aggressive and more courageous bills. We saw folks who are willing to push at the state and federal level, and the most engaged group of voters ever seen. We have elders who have hope: they feel like they can leave the planet in peace, because it’s in good hands.”

—S.B.

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Jay Mallin

Tamara Toles O’Laughlin JD/MELP’09 commenced her new role as North American director for 350.org by orchestrating the largest-ever coordinated series of events on climate: the national climate strikes on September 20, 2019.

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CLASS NOTES

NOTES FROM THE VERMONT LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION My Fellow Fighting Swans, I am honored to introduce Notes from the Vermont Law School Alumni Association (VLSAA) in this year’s issue of Loquitor. As I consider this issue’s theme–alumni making waves on a national scale–I am humbled to realize just how many Association members fit the bill.

One is likely to think of the hundreds of alumni shaping policy in federal agencies, such as Brian Martin JD’10, former VLSAA President, senior litigation counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Kelly Spencer JD’14, equal employment opportunity attorney for the Department of Defense. One is also likely to think of alumni on Capitol Hill, including two people featured in this issue: Kendra Brown JD’12, chief of staff to U.S. Representative G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Elizabeth MacDonough JD’98, parliamentarian for the U.S. Senate. One might even think of Swans working at national nonprofits, such as Devorah Ancel JD’08, Doug Hayes JD’07, Nathaniel Shoaff JD’07, and Dori Jaffe JD/ MSEL’02, all senior attorneys at the Sierra Club.

In celebrating alumni making a national impact, we should not forget the hundreds of alumni doing so by working locally. State and local policymakers often jump start national change, especially when the federal government has stalled

out. For example, Robert Brown JD/MSL’85, deputy assistant commissioner for the bureau of water resources at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Michelle Walker Owenby JD’03/LLM’10, director of air pollution control at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, or Ashley Johnson JD/MELP’15, assistant regional attorney for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, are among scores of alumni shaping environmental policy across the nation at the state level.

Current and future Association members are also creating national impact out of our fair hamlet of South Royalton. VLS is leading the nation in restorative justice under the tutelage of Professor Robert Sand JD’87, founding director of the Center for Justice Reform. Building on VLS’s national leadership in another area, Sara Gaylon JD/ MELP’21, Mitul Patel JD/MELP’21, Morgan Klimmek JD/MELP’21, J.P. Chandler JD’21, and Jessica Debski JD/MELP’20 obtained a $10,000 grant and organized the symposium “Stonewall at 50: A Half Century of LGBT+ Civil Rights Advocacy,” marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

The VLSAA is having a national impact in its own way. This past year, the Board voted to amend its bylaws, requiring minimum attendance and 100 percent giving participation each fiscal year. Regional groups organized more than

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80 events worldwide, where Swans found fellowship in the flock. The Mentoring Program made more than 50 alumni/student matches and lent support to the Washington, D.C. Regional Group’s mentoring program.

The board also recognized the accomplishments of Association members. It awarded Patricia Whalen JD’79 with the Distinguished Alumni Award for her work as a judge, here in the U.S. and internationally; and two of the newest Association members, Rasheta Butler JD’19 and Jennifer O’Connor JD’19, received the Lex Pro Urbe Award, recognizing graduates who, while in school, positively impacted the communities of VLS, the Upper Valley, and Vermontat-large.

I look forward to the year to come, both for the VLSAA Board and Association members at-large, as our alumni continue impacting their communities and the world.

I hope I will get to meet as many Association members as possible at upcoming events, whether on campus, sponsored by regional groups, or during Alumni Weekend. Nothing engenders my commitment to the success of Vermont Law School and its alumni like getting to know my fellow Fighting Swans.

Sincerely, Christopher M. F. Smith JD’14 President, Vermont Law School Alumni Association

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1976

Mark Portnoy mhportnoy@gmail.com

1977

Thomas Donnellan tomlaw333@comcast.net

1978

Robin Bren rbrenip@gmail.com

198040TH REUNION Scott Cameron jscameron@zclpc.com

Elaine Williams Crockett JD’80 was recently presented with two prestigious book awards: a 2019 IPPY Book Award at the Independent Publisher Book Awards ceremony in New York, N.Y. and a 2018 Readers’ Favorite Book Award in Miami, Fla. Her legal thrillers, “Do Not Ask” and “Do Not Assume,” have won more than 13 national book awards. She is working on a third book, a mystery/thriller about a fictitious law school in Vermont.

Seth Schrager JD’78 has been a member of the D.C. Superior Court Criminal Justice Act Criminal and Juvenile Panels since the inception of the panels. He is still married to Barbara (35 years next June) and has two sons and a granddaughter. Seth represented a defendant in the second and last J-20 Trial (inauguration anarchist demonstration–230 political arrests charged as multiple felony counts through Pinkerton Conspiracy Liability). His client was acquitted of all charges except for a mistrial on misdemeanor rioting including all felony counts. The riot charge was dismissed by the government in light of Brady violations.

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Deborah Bucknam dbucknam@vtlegalhelp.com

Martha Lyons malyonsesq@hotmail.com

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Charles Van Gorder chase@vglaw.com John Davis JD’84 has semiretired from a 30-year career in bankruptcy law and has started taking on pro bono immigration cases (asylum petitioners) from a couple of nonprofits in Los Angeles, Calif.

Besides the fun of learning a very different area of law, he has come smack up against a most unusual forum for dispute resolution: the U.S. Immigration Court. He remarks, “If only I had discovered this creature during my ADR work for Prof. McCrory at VLS, but who knew that it is a faux court dispensing faux justice for a faux president!

Can anybody out there identify?”

Connie Hambley JD’84 reported that members of the Class of ’84 reconnected in Woodstock, Vt., for Connie’s signing of her suspense novels and the future release of Ed Burke’s JD’84 first novel this fall.

EL AINE WILLIAMS CROCKETT JD’80 AT THE 2018 READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS CEREMONY IN MIAMI, FL A.

1985 35TH REUNION alumni@vermontlaw.edu

Please email alumni@vermontlaw.edu if you are interested in serving as class secretary.

1981

Tim McGrath timbomcg@juno.com

1982

Larr Kelly photolarr@verizon.net

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several universities in the United States and in Canada, Colombia, the Netherlands, Qatar, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The tour will continue in the 2019–2020 academic year with several more speaking engagements in the United States and abroad.

Randy launched a new climate change law and justice blog in July in which he describes recent and upcoming book talks, reflects on climate governance issues, and provides resources on the issues, climatechanged.home.blog

VLS CL ASSMATES IN WOODSTOCK, VERMONT; FROM LEF T: MIKE HILL ’84, CONNIE HAMBLEY JD’84, ED BURKE JD’84 AND SUSAN BOYLE FORD JD’84

1986

M. P. Zimmerman pattyzim@comcast.net

1987

Mark Ouellette mouellette01@gmail.com

Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., has written a new book, “Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources” (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming October 2019), which is available for pre-order on Amazon. In the 2018–2019 academic year, he delivered book talks at

Andrew J. Field JD’89 has written a new book, “Chess and the Law: An Anthology of Anecdotes and Analogies,” which selectively surveys the many interesting and unusual ways that the game of chess has intersected with the practice of law in the United States.

Chess and the Law is filled with true crime, chess history, and legal history. It is also a valuable desk reference for judges and attorneys in search of elegant chess quotes for their legal writing.

199030TH REUNION Mario Gallucci mfg7102@aol.com

1988

Sandra Allen sallen19@roadrunner.com

1991

Peg Stolfa margaret.stolfa@gmail.com

1989 Kim Montroll kimmontroll@gmail.com Randy Abate JD/MSL’89, professor and endowed chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy at RANDALL ABATE JD/MSL’89

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1992

Margaret Olnek mlo@olneklaw.com Ed Montoya JD’92 reported that 2019 has been a year of much activity, travel, and changes. He continues to handle air disaster cases and is one of a few attorneys representing families in the Lion Air crash against Boeing in the recent Max 8 Lion Air and Ethiopian Air crashes.

He’s racked up frequent flyer miles with trips to Chicago, Ill., to attend court hearings and mediations and with trips to Indonesia, Kenya, and Ethiopia to meet with clients and other contacts. His wife, Carmen, continues to help the firm part time and tutors elementary students in math, English, and science in the afternoons. She is the strongest pillar in the family! In May, their daughter Stephanie, 22, graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in digital media and gender studies. She starts her new career in Washington, D.C., in the marketing department at GEICO’s headquarters. Their son Christopher, 20, started his junior

year at the University of Miami and is majoring in finance. He continues to produce music and beats with college friends and plans to someday live up to the song “Hey Look Ma, I Made It.” In August, Christopher passed the Florida real estate exam on his first try! He is extremely excited at the prospect of being a professional at 20, developing his clientele and selling properties in Florida! Everyone is excited for him too! This summer the family traveled to two countries, Spain and Bolivia. In Spain they roamed around Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona, Valencia, and Cuenca and enjoyed the sites and the tapas, croquettes, and paellas. Later, they visited Carmen’s family in Bolivia and traveled to some of the world’s most beautiful lakes, deserts, and rock valleys. Lake Titicaca and the Uyuni salt flats and desert are a must-see when traveling to Bolivia.

Ed reports that he has remained in touch with Michael Millar JD’92, Will Osburn JD’92, Rob Costello JD’92, Pat Kingcade JD’92, and other great friends through Facebook. Come down and see them sometime!

ED MONTOYA JD’92 AND HIS FAMILY. FROM LEF T TO RIGHT: STEPHANIE, CHRISTOPHER, CARMEN, AND ED.

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CAROLE WACEY JD’92

Carole Wacey JD’92 recently took on a new professional challenge—as CEO of Women Creating Change (WCC). Since graduating from VLS, Wacey ran the Clinton-Gore ’92 campaign in Burlington, Vt.; was a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Education working with Deputy Secretary and former Governor Madeleine Kunin; ran Mouse, a national youth development nonprofit in New York, N.Y.; and led the education team for PBS/ WNET/Channel 13. All roads have led her to WCC—where she can combine her interests in politics, policy, and impact. Wacey is leading the 104-year-old organization through a transition to become more relevant and impactful, pivoting its approach to reflect its century of service and future of progress. After more than a year of strategic planning, WCC unveiled a new name, vision, and mission in March 2019. WCC plans for expanded impact in its second century, structuring comprehensive, multi-tiered civic engagement programming to broaden access to tools, resources, and educational opportunities for all women to become more civically engaged.

Women will be empowered to create change in their lives and in their communities. Please reach out to Carole (cwacey@wccny.org) if you have any ideas, feedback, or you want to grab a coffee or drink in New York, N.Y.

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1993

Lainey Schwartz geowoman3@aol.com

1994

Joseph C. Galanes joseph.galanes@gmail.com

199525TH REUNION Karen Moore kj.moore@judicial.state.co.us

Robert Brannan JD/MSEL’95, a partner at Sundstrom & Mindlin LLP in Tallahassee, Fla., will be retiring at the end of the year. Bob’s practice has focused on water and wastewater utilities, specifically their public financing and the sale of said utilities to local governments. Over the past decade he has split his time between Tallahassee, Fla., and Chelsea, Vt., but he and Rosalind will make Chelsea their full-time retirement destination.

1996

William S. Fewell williamfewell@vermontlaw.edu

1997

Cheryl C. Deshaies Davis davis4nh@comcast.net

1998

Thomas F. Leary thomas.f.leary@gmail.com

AMANDA MONCHAMP JD/MSEL’99 WITH HER FAMILY AT THE WOODSTOCK INN, ALUMNI WEEKEND 2019.

1999 Joy Kanwar-Nori joy.kanwar@gmail.com Amanda Monchamp JD/MSEL’99 formed her own land use and real estate firm in San Francisco, Calif., Monchamp Meldrum LLP in 2018, after practicing land use and environmental law with Holland & Knight for 13 years. With clients across California, the practice is booming. Amanda and her husband, former student Christian Marsh (attended VLS ’97–98 and practices natural resources law at Downey Brand LLP), are enjoying life in Oakland, Calif., with their kids, Alexandra (10) and Nathanial (8).

Erin (Barnes) Weaver JD/MSEL’99 just celebrated their 20th year with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Office of Inspector General (out of the EPA Region 8 Denver office). Erin leads teams conducting program evaluations and performance audits of EPA’s research programs. Recent assignments have focused on

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strategic measurement, regional research programs, and the role of citizen science. They have also served for several years as the office’s LGBT diversity lead and has been active in the Federal Women’s Program as well. Though Erin couldn’t attend the class reunion, their family recently made a quick stop at VLS during a New England vacation. Erin’s teenagers couldn't believe they lived in such a small town for three years! Erin wishes all the best to everyone!

ERIN WEAVER JD/MSEL’99

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200020TH REUNION Anna B. Fry adafry@aol.com

Kristy M. Caron Kristycaron@gmail.com Eric Columber JD’00 serves as the 2019 president of the Maine State Bar Association. He visited Maine elected officials in Washington, D.C., and national bar leaders in Chicago, Ill., Las Vegas, Nev., and Missoula, Mont., while performing his many duties for the Maine Bar and Maine citizens. He practices in Ellsworth, Maine, at Columber Law. Rima Idzelis JD’00 encourages classmates to reach out to them at idzelis@law.duke.edu.

Kurt Kissling JD/MSEL’00 joined Warner Norcross + Judd as a partner in the firm’s Regulatory, Environment, and Energy Group.

2001

Karen Domerski Murray kmurray9515@gmail.com Liz (Brown) Morgan JD/MSEL’01 is a functional nutritional therapist.

She has a nationwide private practice helping ambitious, motivated warrior lawyers and professionals regain their health so they can continue to do the important work the world needs from them, with joy and clarity.

Liz combines her passion for sustainable food policy with calm, meaningful personal change to help her clients thrive. Keep in touch at lizmorgannutrition.com.

2002

Paige Bush-Scruggs paigescruggs@comcast.net Jeremy Kruger MSEL’02 accepted a position with the U.S. Forest Service as the chief executive of the Four Forests Restoration Initiative based in Flagstaff, Ariz. Goals of the largest forest restoration program in the country include restoring ponderosa pine forest on more than two million acres of national forest lands. Jeremy and his wife, Eliza, relocated from Washington, D.C., where Jeremy managed the Bureau of Land Management’s Soil, Water, and Air program. Eliza will start a new position with the city of Flagstaff managing their public art and science program. Both are looking forward to more hiking, biking, and camping in their lives.

2004

Spencer Hanes spencer.hanes@duke-energy.com

200515TH REUNION Meg Munsey and Kelly Singer vermontlaw2005@gmail.com

Keith Dennis MSEL’05 and Allison Bellins Dennis MSEL’05 welcomed their fourth child, Rose, on July 20, 2019. Rose joins Owen (2) and Kate and Zoey (5). The family resides in Arlington, Va. Keith is a senior director with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Allison is the acting communications director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water.

2003

Shannon Bañaga vlsmaher@yahoo.com

Michael Welborn JD’03 reported that he is currently living in Easley, S.C., and working for Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing in Greenville, S.C., in the Real Estate Owned (REO) department. Shellpoint services all aspects of mortgage loans held by global investors. He manages a team that handles legal issues for the department utilizing a national attorney network. He is also responsible for overall strategy of legal cases and ensuring vendor attorneys meet certain performance metrics.

ROSE DENNIS, BORN ON JULY 20, 2019.

2006

Ashley Cottingham ashleybrey@gmail.com Ebony Riggins erriggins@gmail.com

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: CHARLOTTE RAND JD’17, RYAN LONERGAN JD/MELP’12, KRISTEN CAMPBELL STOHLER JD’06, LYLE STOHLER JD’04, AND HANNAH THORSSIN-BAHRI JD’07.

Kristen Campbell Stohler JD’06 has been appointed by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy to the Palmer Superior Court. Kristen has been running a private practice in Palmer since 2011 with a focus on domestic relations. She previously worked as a public defender, guardian ad litem, and a parent's attorney in Child in Need of Aid matters. She lives in Palmer, Ala., with her husband, Lyle Stohler JD’04.

Katie Duke JD’06 transitioned from the practice of law to professional life coaching. She graduated from Accomplishment Coaching in 2018 and has her own coaching practice, Duke Life Coaching LLC. She is the proud momma of a spunky two-yearold daughter, Moxie Phoenix, and is writing a memoir about personal transformation, choice, and the power of re-invention. She coaches lawyers and professionals in transition who are ready to live their best

MARY KIMMEY WARE JD’06 WITH HER FAMILY.

life. She would love to hear from any VLS Alumni and offers you a coaching session on the house. See dukelifecoaching.com.

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Mary Kimmey Ware JD’06 has been elected to the position of partner in her firm, Sanders, Haugen & Sears PC. She specializes in estate planning, probate administration, fiduciary litigation, and real estate matters from the firm's offices in Newnan, Ga., and LaGrange, Ga.

Peter Abbarno JD’08 reports that his law firm Althauser Rayan Abbarno, LLP in Centralia, Wash., expanded and opened a second office in Olympia, Wash. In 2018, Peter was voted “best volunteer” in Lewis County, Wash., by the Daily Chronicle Newspaper. In 2019, Peter was voted “best elected official” in Lewis County, Wash., by the Daily Chronicle Newspaper. In 2019, he also received the Economic Development Leadership Award from the Lewis County Economic Development Council and received the Human Rights Award from the Church Women United Organization. Peter is currently running unopposed for reelection to the Centralia City Council.

Todd Parker MSEL’06 was promoted to director of programs at Michigan Saves, a nonprofit green bank that provides financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Todd was also accepted to a certificate program titled Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, offered by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale University.

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Greg Dorrington gregdorrington@gmail.com Liz Lucente liz.lucente@gmail.com

Samantha Santiago Beaulieu santiago.samantha@gmail.com

William S. Eubanks II LLM’08 was recently selected as a Law360 Rising Star in Environmental Law, which is awarded to the top five environmental lawyers in the United States under age 40. He is the first public interest environmental lawyer to receive this award.

K ATIE DUKE JD’06

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Robert Gardner JD’08/MELP’09 recently took a job as the director of government relations at Lime. He’s in D.C. and encourages VLS alumni to shoot him a note if you’re in town, he’s always happy to connect!

Lauren Isaacoff JD’08 took a position with the law firm of Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP in Philadelphia practicing commercial/ business litigation with a focus on media rights and internet content after 10 years with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC in New York and Philadelphia. However, Obermayer is a full-service firm. She lives in Lower Merion, Pa., with her husband and two boys (4 and 18 months). She is eager to expand the Philadelphia alumni network—and she asks area alumni to please attend the events!

Samantha Medlock JD’08 has joined the staff of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in the U.S. House of Representatives as senior counsel.

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Jennifer McDonald jmcdonald@drm.com

Sarah McGuire sarah.mcguire18@gmail.com

Jackie Daoust MELP’09 became engaged to Jesse Carano on the beautiful island of Hawaii on June 22.

Katie Martin JD’11 reports that she and Brian Martin JD’10 are living in Washington, D.C., with their lovable yellow lab and the newest member of their family, Jeffrey Martin, who arrived in April. They are so in love and can’t wait to get him up to Vermont for a visit soon! Brian was recently promoted to senior litigation counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is currently working in the Enforcement Division. He will be moving agencies within the Department of Homeland Security in the next few weeks and will be joining the newly established Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as an attorney advisor. They’re enjoying living in D.C., but currently missing the beautiful Vermont summers.

John Miller johndmillerjr@gmail.com

Micaela Tucker JD’09 remarks that 10 years certainly flies by!

Micaela has been able to keep up, via Facebook, with the weddings, kids, dog-ventures, and relocations as well as the amazing professional feats of our class. It is therefore with some humility that she submits this update. After five years in public service, Micaela shifted to health policy work at Dartmouth while her third baby earned his degree in pre-K studies. Now that he’s graduated to elementary pursuits, she is thrilled to announce she has joined Hershenson, Carter, Scott & McGee in the Upper Valley.

The practice spans criminal defense, family law, and general civil litigation, including personal injury and employment law. Micaela can be reached at mtucker@hcsmlaw.com and would love to hear from you!

201010TH REUNION Cara Cookson cara.cookson@ccvs.vermont.gov Laurie Wheelock lauriewheelock@gmail.com SAMANTHA MEDLOCK JD’08

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Amanda George-Wheaton amanda.georgewheaton@yahoo.com

Heather Radcliffe JD/MELP’11, who joined New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission’s (NEIWPCC) staff in 2012, is the new leader of New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission’s Water Resource Protection Division (WRPD). She continues to serve as staff attorney for the organization as well. Radcliffe was recently honored as the 2019 recipient of the annual achievement award during the NEIWPCC all-staff meeting in March for her work with the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program. As director of WRPD programs, Radcliffe provides leadership for the WRPD’s initiatives including source water protection, nonpoint source pollution, emerging contaminants, and quality assurance. She also serves as the Lowell, Mass., project officer for the Lake Champlain Basin Program; oversee-

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ing funding for Lake Champlain initiatives across Vermont, New York, and the Province of Quebec.

Falko Schilling JD’11 recently started a new position as the ACLU of Vermont's first-ever advocacy director. Falko oversees the ACLU-VT’s advocacy initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels, including directing ACLU-VT’s legislative program, political and electoral engagement, and priority campaigns—currently the ACLU’s Smart Justice Vermont campaign. Falko will be working to build ACLU-VT’s advocacy infrastructure, strengthening partnerships with key stakeholders, prioritizing the leadership of directly impacted communities and individuals, and coordinating with local and national staff to track progress and win on ACLU-VT’s goals.

Abigail Volberding JD’11/MELP’08 and her husband Peter welcomed their first child, Eliza Anne, into the world on June 4.

Hannah Westmont JD’11 became partner at Polidori, Franklin, Monahan & Beattie LLC, which has been dedicated to the practice of family law since 1980. In addition, Hannah was awarded the 2019 George Holley Outstanding Young Lawyer Award by Colorado’s First Judicial District Bar Association. This award is given to a young attorney who belongs to the First Judicial District Bar Association and is deserving of recognition for their activities with the bar, the community, and the practice of law.

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Susan Lettis susanlettis@gmail.com Lauren Marks lauren.miller.e@gmail.com

husband welcomed their first child into the world on December 11, 2018.

Joseph Daniel Lampe was born 6 lbs., 10.2 oz., and 20 in. long. They report that their miracle baby loves to read, swim, cuddle, and do yoga!

He’s inspired them to help other couples with Cystic Fibrosis realize their dream of starting a family.

Their nonprofit is still in its infancy, but if you’d like to be involved, you can email Susan at: susiemariecampbell@gmail.com.

When Susan is not chasing after her little bundle of joy, she’s busy working at the State Attorney’s Office in Bridgeport, Conn., handling

FALKO SCHILLING JD’11.

Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy JD/MELP’12 (née White) married George DriscollLovejoy (né Shonat) on October 14, 2018 at Buffalo Trace Distillery after running the Bourbon Chase Ragnar Relay Race (they like to run). Lauren Miller Marks JD’12, Matt Marks JD’12, and Jim Crannell JD’12 were among their guests. Since then, the DLs bought a house in Alexandria, Va., extending Ruth’s commute to downtown D.C., where she works on U.S. coastal and ocean issues at the Pew Charitable Trusts.

JOSEPH DANIEL LAMPE, BORN ON DECEMBER 11, 2018. primarily postconviction matters.

2013 Brian Durkin brian.o.durkin@gmail.com RUTH DRISCOLL-LOVEJOY JD/MELP’12 AND GEORGE DRISCOLL-LOVEJOY AT THEIR WEDDING ON OCTOBER 14, 2018.

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Rae Kinkead rmkinkead@gmail.com Matthew Eldred JD’13 married Jaime Colman on June 15, 2019, at the Washington National Cathedral in

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Washington, D.C. Matthew works as an attorney-advisor for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

Jaime is a presidential management fellow at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Alexander Funk JD’13 is currently serving as the agricultural water resources specialist at the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), the lead state agency on Colorado water policy and interstate water resource management. At CWCB, Alex is serving as the lead facilitator on a workgroup exploring issues affecting agricultural stakeholders under a potential Colorado River Demand Management Program, which is being explored as a means to maintain compliance under the Colorado River Compact. Alex also serves as the lead of the CWCB’s water marketing program and is currently working to help with the update of the Colorado Water Plan.

William McMullin MELP’13 reports that he is currently a janitor at Oakland University.

Stephanie Tavares-Buhler JD/ MELP’13 joined the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District as its senior acquisition specialist in April 2019. She leads a team handling complex land conservation transactions in Sonoma County, Calif. She continues her work on the California Council of Land Trust’s Conservation Law Forum steering committee.

Natalie Wicklund JD’13 is the pro se law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska.

projects in central New Mexico as well as the necessary transmission development to unlock the wind potential of the desert Southwest.

He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and son.

Whitney Standefer JD’14 was recently named one of Chattanooga’s 20 Under 40 by the Chattanooga Times Free Press and its magazine (Chatter) for their work through the firm Local Venture Legal PLLC (LVL). LVL is a business law firm and social enterprise focused on making quality legal accessible to small businesses and start-ups with little to no capital.

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Whitney Standefer whitneystandefer@gmail.com Cristina Mansfield cristinaleila@hotmail.com Adam Cernea Clark MELP’14 has spent the past several years working on the responsible development of a group of large wind energy

ANTONETTE PALUMBO JD/MELP’14 AND HUSBAND KURTIS KLAY. Antonette Palumbo JD/MELP’14 married Kurtis Klay on September 1, 2018, at the Old State Capitol in their hometown of Springfield, Ill. They are expecting a baby in January 2020.

MATTHEW ELDRED’S JD’13 WEDDING AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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20155TH REUNION Crystal Abbey cnabbey88@gmail.com Alona Tate alona626@yahoo.com

Members of the class of 2015 recently got together in Washington, D.C. (see photo at right.)

Olympia Bowker JD/MELP’15 and Michael Campinell JD/MELP’15 wed on September 7, 2019, in East Sandwich, Mass., surrounded by family and close friends. In attendance was a strong VLS Swan contingent, and the one-and-only Christopher Smith JD’14 officiated the intimate garden ceremony. The happy couple lives in Cambridge, Mass. Olympia works at McGregor & Legere P.C. in Boston and Michael works at Giarrusso, Norton, Cooley & McGlone in Quincy. Both practice environmental law throughout New England.

SWANS GATHERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM LEF T TO RIGHT: CRISTINA BANAHAN JD’15, JAMES OL ALEYE JD/MELP’13, ANGEL A WALKER JD’15, KELLY SPENCER JD’14, AND IAN ALTENDORFER JD’15.

Andrew W. Minikowski JD/ MELP’15 is an attorney for the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel where he handles energy and public utility matters. He was recently appointed to represent his office on the Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s State Broadband Leaders Network. In August, he became engaged to Melissa G. Dwelley of Stafford Springs, Conn. They live in East Haddam, Conn., with their Tonkinese rabbit, and 35,000 or so honeybees.

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Catlin Davis catiedavis.cd@gmail.com

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James LaRock jamesmlarock@gmail.com m OLYMPIA BOWKER JD/MELP’15 AND MICHAEL CAMPINELL JD/MELP’15

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PRITCHARD WEDDING PHOTO, FROM LEF T TO RIGHT IN THE PHOTO ARE FELLOW SWANS WILL DAVIS JD’18, SARAH WATSON JD’18, KELLY BRANNON JD’18, JAY CROWDER JD’18, ELIZABETH DOHERT Y JD/MERL’18, MATTHEW PRITCHARD JD’18 (GROOM), LIBBY PRITCHARD (BRIDE), K ATHRYN MULCAHY JD’18, ELISE IANNONE JD’18/MELP’17, ANDREW MARCHEV JD’18, AND JULIA MUENCH JD’18.

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Liz Bower lizbower88@gmail.com VLS Fighting Swan Matthew Pritchard JD’18 married Oregon Beaver Libby Pritchard over the Fourth of July weekend in Eugene, Ore. (the bride and groom’s meeting place at the park where they could go and walk their dogs together.)

Swans in attendance included Will Davis JD’18, Sarah Watson JD’18, Kelly Brannon JD’18, Jay Crowder JD’18, Elizabeth Doherty JD/ MERL’18, Matthew Pritchard JD’18 (groom), Libby Pritchard (bride), Kathryn Mulcahy JD’18, Elise

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Iannone JD’18/MELP’17, Andrew Marchev JD’18, and Julia Muench JD’18.

Amanda Quinlan JD’18 started a clerkship at the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts after a year of private practice at McLane Middleton in Manchester, N.H. Cody Stryker JD/MERL’18 is a compliance counsel at a landlord's office in New York City and loves it! He is helping them to comply with lead paint laws, retrofitting buildings with LED lights, transitioning buildings from oil to natural gas, weatherizing buildings, installing boiler

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management controls to reduce energy usage, and so forth.

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Margaret Shugart marg.shug@gmail.com

Karen Henderson

Courtesy of VLS archives

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A PATH FORWARD Growing up in segregated Alabama, Shirley Jefferson JD’86 was among the first students to attend the newly integrated Selma High School in 1971.

After high school, she moved to Baltimore and then Washington, D.C., working low-wage jobs to put herself through Southeastern University and help support her family back home.

“I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. I wanted to fight injustice,” said Jefferson, who participated in the historic 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I didn’t know how I was going to do it.”

Vermont Law School offered a path. Jefferson’s application found its way to Professor Gil Kujovich, who had just started teaching at the school after a career that included clerking for Supreme Court Justices Potter Stewart and Byron White. He helped secure a spot for Jefferson, the third black student and second black woman to study at the school, based on her work ethic and the personal sacrifices she’d made to gain an education rather than on her LSAT score. But he didn’t stop there.

“He took me under his wing,” said Jefferson, now associate dean for student affairs and diversity.

“Without him I wouldn’t be where I am today, and I wouldn’t have helped all these students. He helped map out my career after graduation.”

Kujovich joined the Vermont Law School faculty in 1981 and made many lasting contributions to the VLS community during nearly 35 years of service before retiring in 2014. He passed away in December 2017. After his death, Jefferson worked with his wife, Joni Chenoweth, and VLS board member Mike Hill to ensure Kujovich’s legacy would continue. The Gil Kujovich Diversity Fund, announced in August, will assist students struggling to pay their expenses while attending law school as well as bring special speakers to the school.

Jefferson will administer the funds based on need. After arriving in South Royalton with only $1 left in her pocket, she knows firsthand what a difference that kind of support can make.

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“The fund will help students in crisis,” said Jefferson, and in keeping with Kujovich’s desire to help everyone succeed, “it will take into consideration everything: race and ethnicity, socioeconomics, older students, veterans, sexual orientation. ...”

The diversity fund, which has a balance of about $100,000, will support members of these minority groups, as well as anyone who demonstrates need. The donations for the fund have come from many of the people Kujovich helped through the years.

Joni Chenowith says the diversity fund is very much in keeping with her husband’s vision, compassion, and sense of duty. “I think Gil would just be honored that this was done and pleased that somehow or other he was able to continue to help students.”

This text is an abridged version of an article by Sarah Earle that appeared in the Valley News on June 10, 2019.

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IN MEMORIAM Kelly Elizabeth Connolly JD’12, 44, beloved daughter of R. Kenneth Connolly of Easton, Conn., passed away from complications of pneumonia on February 18, 2019, at George Washington University Hospital. Born on August 15, 1974, in Arlington, Mass., and spending her formative years in Fairfield/Easton, Kelly was a resident of Washington, D.C. She graduated from Joel Barlow High School in Redding, top ten in her class and a member of the National Honor Society. She received her BA from Colgate University, where she was peerselected to join the 26-member Konosioni Senior Honor Society, a master’s degree from Tufts University, and her JD from Vermont Law School. Kelly practiced law, specializing in FOIA (Freedom of Information Act). Kelly volunteered her time as a member of the Junior League and was an avid supporter of “her” Camp HiRock. She was also an advocate for animal rights. She loved her cats and was always happy to hear of another “rescued” animal finding a home. Kelly enjoyed reading and kayaking, and was able to relish both in the fresh mountain air at her favorite little lake in New Hampshire.

Most especially, she loved her family. Family time at the lake, home, Florida, Hamilton, HiRock, Denver, Harts, Jolly Acres, Harris Hill, West Virginia, PB, and other venues were certainly made special by “Auntie Kelly’s” infectious laughter and spirit. In addition to her father, survivors include brothers Christopher K. Connolly (Elizabeth) of Easton, and R. Kevin Connolly (Ashley) of Denver, Colo.; cherished niece

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Shannon K. Connolly, nephews Sean K. Connolly and F. Kane Connolly. She was predeceased by her mother, Sandra Seem Connolly, and a sister, Kristin Michelle Connolly.

Matthew Hallowell Huntington JD’97, 55, died peacefully on May 27, 2019, surrounded by his family in Nashville, Tenn., where he lived with his wife Andrea Utz and their son Alden. Matt was born in New York City on December 4, 1963. He grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan as well as in St. James, Long island and North Haven, Maine. He attended the West Side Montessori School, Collegiate School, and The Day School in New York City. At Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., Matt was valedictorian of his high school class, a member of the ski team, the elected head of his dormitory, and a force of nature on Milton's nationally ranked speech team.

Matt attended Harvard College, class of 1987, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in government and lettered in crew under Coach Harry Parker. After college, Matt joined the staff of American Rivers in Washington, D.C., leading the successful campaign to decommission old and outof-use dams along several major northeast rivers to restore free flow and natural habitat. That work inspired him to pursue environmental law and to enroll at Vermont Law School where he was editor-in-chief of the Vermont Law Review, a broom hockey and ultimate frisbee stalwart, and cum laude graduate in 1997.

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of the Vermont Supreme Court and provided critical support to Judge Amestoy's landmark 1999 ruling establishing full rights and legal protection for gay couples.

Matt then served several years as a prosecutor in Vermont at the Windsor County State's Attorney’s Office. On a beautiful fall day in 2001, Matt and Andrea met on a boating excursion with friends to Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. They married in the fall of 2006. Their son Alden Brewster was born two years later. Matt’s lifetime passion for environmental issues led him in 2004 to start Emerging Vehicles, an early leader in the new market for electric motorcycles and cars.

When he bought the proprietary design for an innovative electric motor bike called the eGo, he renamed his company eGo Vehicles. Matt was a pioneer.

As the founder and CEO of an enterprise offering a new way, he confronted and refused to accept the unsustainable status quo. He saw what few others did at that time. In early 2010, Matt and Andrea moved to Nashville when Andrea accepted an offer to join the endocrinology division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she had attended medical school. Matt returned to practicing law in Nashville.

Matt loved and lived for being out in nature. He was an avid and accomplished mountaineer and ocean sailor. His enthusiasm and expertise were honed by decades of adventures shared with his father, brothers, extended family and close friends beginning in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and off the coasts of Maine and Long Island, eventu-

ally extending to ocean crossings and to the slopes and summits of some of the highest and most challenging mountains on earth.

Highlights included climbing Denali (Mt. McKinley) in 1985, winning the 1990 Newport to Bermuda Race, and a 3,000-mile sailing passage to study the environmental degradation of the Atlantic Ocean. But perhaps Matt's favorite recurring adventure was to lead friends and family on an annual trek up Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington to ski the famed headwall. Matt's initial cancer diagnosis in 2010 did nothing to temper his love for outdoor pursuits. In the ensuing years he, Andrea and Alden traveled widely, camping and tramping out into the wild frequently and he continued to lead the annual Tuckerman trek. Matt selflessly carried on, just as he had his entire life, with unmatched wit, humor, and an irrepressible desire to get on with living, to gather a group and find another adventure. Matt passed peacefully surrounded by his family at dawn on Memorial Day. Matt is survived by his beloved wife Dr. Andrea Lynn Utz, their adored son Alden Brewster Huntington, countless close relatives and even more friends.

Laurie LeClaire JD’90, 57, passed away on April 4, 2019. She was born in Burlington, Vt., on October 2, 1961. Laurie rose through poverty and adverse circumstances to obtain a diverse education on several continents. After attending Burlington schools, she went on to graduate summa cum laude from the University of Vermont in 1986 and magna cum

laude from Vermont Law School in 1990 with a Juris Doctorate.

She also attended the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France, for opera, and the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria, for opera and Lieder performance. Laurie was a vivacious, gifted, kind and intelligent woman. As an attorney, she dedicated herself professionally to fighting for social justice, and she focused on helping young people. Laurie was a longtime board member of Vermont Dental Care and member of the Vermont Bar Association. Laurie was predeceased by her parents, as well as her sister and brother-inlaw, Diane and Erwin La Motte, of Burlington. Laurie is survived by her son, Julien LaClair Katims; her nephew Aric LaMotte; her beloved cat Glinda; and several friends.

Albert Lepore Jr., JD’90, 56, of Miami Beach, Fla. formerly of Providence, R.I., passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, in Miami after suffering a stroke and a brain bleed. He was the son of Celia (Pontarelli) Lepore and the late Albert J. Lepore, Sr., Esquire. He was the loving father of Sabra Lepore and her fiance Ralph Orlandi of Johnston and Danae Lepore of Central Falls. He was the grandfather of Giuliana Orlandi. He was the brother and law partner of Sheri Lepore, Esquire and her husband, Joseph Iaciofano of Lincoln. He was the uncle and godfather of Drew Blanchard, Ali Blanchard and Joey Iaciofano. He was the nephew of the late Norma (Lepore) Borino and Robert Pontarelli.

Albert graduated from the Moses

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Brown School, Suffolk University and Vermont Law School, where he received his JD degree. He was a partner and former President of Coia & Lepore Ltd., located in Providence, a law firm which was started by his father and uncle, Arthur A. Coia, in 1970. He practiced in the area of Workers' Compensation and Social Security disability law for more than 25 years where he was mentored by his former partner, Armand E. Sabitoni. He was admitted to the R.I. Bar in 1990. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of R.I., U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a member of the R.I. Bar Association and R.I. Trial Lawyers Association.

He has authored written materials and provided lectures for the R.I. Bar Association, as well as other organizations in the area of Workers’ Compensation law.

He treasured his long-established relationships with the attorneys and staff at Coia & Lepore, particularly his law partners; his cousin, James J. Lepore and his dear friend, George L. Santopietro. Albert's passion was cheering on his beloved New England Patriots, boosted by his man crush on Tom Brady, whom he had the pleasure of meeting on a plane ride back from Europe. He was a season ticket holder before moving to Miami where he enjoyed heckling his new Miami friends about the major success of “his boys” from New England. More recently, he enjoyed the warm weather and beautiful palm trees of Miami alongside his miniature Italian greyhound, Duke.

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Kathleen London JD’90, 74, passed away on November 27, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Penn.

Born Kathleen Mary Margaret Burke, in Hamden, Conn., on August 25, 1944, Kathleen came into her own as a strong friend, mother, and teacher in the purple house of Stony Creek, Conn. First as a public school teacher and then with a social work degree she began, taught, and counseled in an innovative program with pregnant teens in New Haven that allowed and helped them to continue their education. She then attended Vermont Law School (1987–1990) in South Royalton, Vt., settling in nearby East Barnard after graduating. In her practice of law (in the District Attorney’s office and as a Public Defender), she worked to understand the best possible living arrangements for children from fragile homes and then to achieve them. Later in life, she moved near her daughter's family in Pittsburgh, Penn. Her joys were her friendships, motherhood, travels, learning about other people (reading, documentaries), and working to make a difference in others’ lives. Her children, Tina (married to Nick) and Jeffer carry her dedication to service and seeing the world. Kathleen passed surrounded by family, just after visits with her three grandchildren, Isaline, Naomi, and Ethan, and is remembered for listening to other's stories and believing that there can be justice.

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Karen R. Olson JD’85, 59, of Amery, Wis., passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at her home in Amery. Karen was born on April 28, 1959 in Port Washington, Wis., to Loren and Isabel (Raloff) Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Karen is survived by her husband, Ryan; son, David; daughter, Anne; and sister, Ellyn as well as other family and friends.

Nancy A. Papademas JD’84, 67, passed quickly, in her husband's arms, at their home in Lyme, N.H., on August 14, 2019, after a long illness. She was born in Nashua, N.H., and raised by her parents, George and Mary Papademas, and her many aunties.

She moved to Lebanon, N.H., at the age of five. She graduated from Lebanon High School in 1969. She attended Dartmouth College during the school’s initial years of going co-ed but received her degree in archeology from the University of Vermont. She went on to get her Juris Doctor from the Vermont Law School.

She then practiced law in Lebanon N.H., taking over her father’s law practice. She was among the first 200 women to practice law in the state of New Hampshire.

She is survived by her daughter, Calla Mae Papademas, her husband, Tim Odell, her two sisters, Diana Papademas and Linda Papademas, and her sponsored child from Dominica, Macy Riviere. Nancy was a very loving and

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generous soul, known and adored by many. None that met her ever forgot her. She sang for many years with the Thetford Chamber Singers, and quite often, would sing aloud wherever she was.

She was never afraid to speak her mind and came to the aid of anyone, regardless of their social, financial, or religious beliefs. She enjoyed traveling, meeting new people, and having deep conversations about everything and nothing. She enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean and fell in love with the island of Dominica.

Dean Benton Suagee, 68, born September 16, 1950, in Washington, D.C., was promoted to Heaven on June 24, 2019, in Bethesda, Md., due to complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Jay Tennyson Suagee and Ruth Benton (Settle) Suagee, and by his wife Karen Rice Suagee, 3/10/49–5/27/19. Survived by children Jason Suagee of Washington D.C., and Jessica Suagee Bedore (Ben) of Huntsville, Texas; brother Mark Suagee (Kathy) of Benson, Ariz.; sister Mary Suagee (Henry) Beauduy of Cass Lake, Minn.; nephews and nieces. Dean received a BA from University of Arizona, JD University of North Carolina Law School, and an LLM in International Law at American University, Washington College of Law. Of counsel with Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Wilder Law Offices in

Washington, D.C., and a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Dean dedicated his life's work to environmental law and promoting tribal sovereignty. A prolific writer, Dean authored articles on environmental protection, cultural resources, religious freedom, renewable energy, and the rights of indigenous peoples. He was co-editor of the 2005 revision of “Cohen’s Handbook on Federal Indian Law.” Dean was director of the First Nations Environmental Law Program at Vermont Law School for four years. As an active member of the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, Dean served as chair of the Native American Resources Committee and was on the editorial board of the ABA quarterly journal, “Natural Resources and Environment.” He served on the National Environmental Conflict Advisory Committee (U.S. Institute on Environmental Conflict Resolution) and the Indigenous Peoples Subcommittee of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EPA). He was a contributing member of the National Congress of American Indians.

Dean represented the Hualapai Tribe of Arizona and worked with the Mandan and Arikara of Ft. Berthold, N.D., and the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina. A poet and a musician, Dean lived by the lessons he preached.

Memorial services are pending in Maryland and in Arizona. Gifts of remembrance may be made to the Wildlife Defense Fund or a favorite PBS station.

DOUGLAS MEREDITH

SOCIETY There are many options for planned gifts that allow alumni, parents, and friends to give talented and ambitious law students—and the gifted faculty who teach them—a financial boost. Seventy-two of our extended community have already provided for VLS in their estate plans.

If you have included VLS in your estate plans, or to learn more about giving options through estate plans or lifetime income gifts, contact Brooke Herndon at bherndon@vermontlaw.edu or 802-831-1078.

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ENJOYING AUTUMN FROM THE K AYAK ON L AKE CHAMPL AIN IN GEORGIA, VERMONT PHOTO BY SUHASINI GHOSH JD’21

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FISCAL YEAR 2019

Josh Larkin

JULY 1, 2018 – JUNE 30, 2019

YOUR PHILANTHROPY MAKES AN IMPACT! When I talk with fellow alumni, they often comment that the years they spent in South Royalton were among the happiest of their lives. Vermont Law School gave them a sense of purpose and provided the building blocks for rewarding careers. This last fiscal year shows that their loyalty to the school is reflected not only in words, but also in generous financial giving.

YOUR GENEROSITY HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL opportunities that our students have access to at Vermont Law School. Below you’ll find just a few examples of the ways we put your dollars to work every day.

Fighting Swans helped the school raise $1,491,847 in FY 2019. This amounted to a 9.7 percent increase from FY 2018 and a 79 percent increase since FY 2017.

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Total alumni giving was $487,690–a 42 percent increase from FY 2018, and a 74.6 percent increase from FY 2017.

This positive trend is matched by other sources– parents and friends–whose total giving reached $791,655. This is a 44.6 percent increase from FY 2018 and a remarkable 185 percent increase from FY 2017.

Moreover, the school is now on firm financial footing, thanks to prudent budgeting and successful revenue initiatives. Nevertheless, your gifts are still vital to the financial well-being of VLS. Your gifts help the school in several ways: by offering students additional scholarships, funding faculty scholarship, and ensuring high-quality classroom and experiential education. And they will replenish the institution’s endowment to help guarantee the long-term future of the school.

11%

ANNUAL FUND DOLLARS 50% PROGRAMS AND CLINICS • OPERATING SUPPORT FOR CLINICAL PROGRAMS • FELLOWSHIPS • RESEARCH INITIATIVES

39% AREA OF GREATEST NEED • • • • •

Thank you for all you do to support Vermont Law School.

Glenn J. Berger JD’78 Chair, Vermont Law School Board of Trustees

50%

SCHOLARSHIPS LIBRARY RESOURCES STUDENT SERVICES CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, AND PANELS AREAS OF URGENT NEED, NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT AND DEAN

11% STRATEGIC PLANNING FUND • FUNDING OF NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

MORE IMPACT STATS

SRLC

48

$235k+

6

500

# of Vermont households served by the Institute for Energy and the Environment’s Mascoma Meadows community solar project

amount of donor-funded scholarhips awarded to 73 students

# of Law and Policy interns who worked at the Food and Agriculture Clinic during the summer semester

# of student clinicians who have worked in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (now the Environmental Advocacy Clinic) since 2003

2

231 # of cases at the South Royalton Legal Clinic. The SRLC also performed 146 consultations and 432 referrals

REPORT OF GIVING F Y 2019

THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS WILL TACKLE OUR WORLD’S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS. Vermont Law School is investing in those who will make a difference. We remain committed to providing the most expansive kind of preparation: small class sizes, clinical settings, on-theground training. We couldn’t do it without the generous support of those included in this report.

On behalf of the Vermont Law School community, we thank you.

LEADERS’ CIRCLE

The Leaders’ Circle giving society recognizes the commitment and contributions of donors who support Vermont Law School at a leadership level, year after year. To become a Leaders’ Circle member, donors make a five-year forward pledge of $1,000, $2,500, or $5,000 per year, and/or have demonstrated a five-year, consistent giving history at that level.

Anonymous (12) Adour and Helen Aghjayan P’16 Mrs. Esther D. Ames P’07 Christopher JD’94 and Marietta JD’94 Anderson Steve JD’79 and Ellen Ankuda Abby Armstrong JD’84^ Bradford T. Atwood JD/MSL’90 Vice President Lorraine Atwood^ Richard and Beth Ayres* Dr. Marilyn Bartlett JD’91 Edna Y. Baugh JD’83** James L. Beausoleil, Jr. JD/MSL’94 Joshua L. JD/MSEL’08 and Sarah E. Belcher Robert R. Bent JD’81 and Jacqueline A. Hughes JD’81 Glenn J. Berger, Esq. JD’78*^ and Rachel S. Cox Andrea Berlowe JD/MSL’93 and Jonathan Binder JD’92 Sandra L. Bograd JD’83 Brent Bohan JD’10 Heather S. Bowman JD’98 and Tobin Acebedo Brenda Brickhouse MERL’18 Jaclyn A. Brilling JD’79 and Michael J. Horgan, MD Bradley B. Brownlow JD’01 Robert JD’90 and Theresa Brunelli Gail and Joel JD’80 Burcat Judson JD’89 and Carol Burnham Ingrid Busson-Hall JD/MSEL’99 Elizabeth J. Byrne JD’90 Leslie A. Cadwell JD’94** J. Scott JD’80** and Cathy Cameron Lisa M. Campion JD’11 Edward J. Chesnik JD’76** Jennifer Clancy JD’92 Scott D. Clausen JD’03 Caryn J. Clayman JD’83* Jim JD’91** and Joni JD’91 Clemons Alexa A. Cole JD’98 David N. Cole JD’86 Peter B. Colgrove JD’84 Torend L. Collins JD/MELP’09 Ed** and Nancy Colodny Christian Colwell JD’91 and Kathleen Bradley Colwell JD/MSL’91 Colleen H. Connor JD’85* and Brian P. Kelahan Joe Cook JD’97 Amy Hanks Cornelius JD’02 Robert JD’92 and Maura Costello John JD’78 and Janet Craven Scott M. JD’97* and Carrie G. JD’98 Cullen Robin C. Curtiss JD’86 Amy Marie Davenport* Polly deVeau Davis JD/LLM’91 Peter F. Davis JD’97 Michelle T. Delemarre JD’91 and Ronald L. Vavruska JD’91 Charles E. Di Leva JD’78 Priscilla B. Dube JD’80

Chip MSEL’97 and Ashley JD/MSEL’99 (Brown) Duffie Brian Dunkiel JD/MSEL’96* and Leslie Halperin Tom JD’85 and Susan Durkin P’14 Christopher** and Ann Dutton Professor Michael H. Dworkin P’13 Professor Stephen Dycus**^ and Elizabeth R. Dycus Douglas Ebeling JD’97 Professor John Echeverria^ and Carin Pratt Robert A. Fasanella JD/MSL’86 Tom Federle JD’96 Jennifer Feeley Hyzer JD’02 and Cameron Hyzer Steve Feldman JD’93 Caroline JD’04 and Heather Fisher-O'Neill Mary E. Fletcher JD’92 Janice A. Forgays, Esq. JD’85* Michael J. JD’85 and Mary C. Franco David L. Galgay, Jr. JD’87 Bridgette G. Gallagher JD’11 Mario F. Gallucci JD’90 Newt Garland Edward Gillis JD’92 and Linda Mandell Gillis JD/MSL’94 Suzanne Fay Glynn JD’78 John R. Gonzo JD’90 Christine Gardner Gould JD’02 and Peter Gould JD/MSEL’02 Sheppard* and Joan Guryan Christopher JD’77 and Martha Harold P’12 Harris Family JD’76 William Hatfield JD/MSL’93 Todd M. Heine LLM’11, JD, Master 2 Droit Lou Helmuth JD’84 and Lisa Steindler Arturo Hernandez JD’07 and Jennifer Balsman Hernandez MSEL’03/JD’07 Stuart JD’83 and Janet Hersh Stephen T. Hesse JD/MSL’89 Michael O. ’84* and Kathy W. Hill Jerry Howe MSL’83 and Jodi Frechette Jason Hutt JD’98** and Maria O'Donnell W. Owen Jenkins JD’77 Jeff Johnson JD'82 and Mary Kehoe Scott R. Johnson JD’79 Harold V. Jones* Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Jones III P’17 Byron S. Kalogerou JD’86** Howard JD'01 and Karolina Kanner Edward T. Keable JD’86 and Scot M. Rogerson Max** and Paige Kempner J. Patrick JD’93 and Diane Kennedy Dianne Kenney JD’91 Patrick JD’03 and Cara Kenney John R. JD’80 and Diane P. Keough Michael JD’80 and Christine Kessler Kolleen Kirk JD’99 Coleman D. Konopka JD’16 Adam M. JD/MSL’84 and Stephanie T. Kushner

*= TRUSTEE DURING FY 2019 **=

Susan G. Lacoste MSEL’03 P’11 ’20 John JD’87 and Claudine Lanahan Professor Mark A. Latham**^ Thomas F. Leary JD/MSEL’98 Joan Sarles Lee JD’80 Christopher JD’78 and Jennifer Leopold Mr. Raymond B. Ludwiszewski Ms. Catherine MacKenzie*^ William G. Madsen JD’90 Lori** and Timon** Malloy Margaret A. Mangan JD’86 Zachary Manganello JD’08 David M. Martini JD’78 Kirk Marty JD’96 Edward C. Mattes, Jr. JD’83** Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Matule JD’94** Bob Maxwell JD’86 James C. and Natalia E. May JD’09^ Professor Beth McCormack^ David M. JD’07 and Melissa C. McCullough Dean Thomas McHenry*^ and Elena Phleger Jennifer McIvor JD’07 Greg JD/MSEL’99 and Kirstin JD/ MSEL’99 McPolin David JD/MSL’91** and Nancy Mears David JD/MSEL’97 and Erin JD/MSEL’97 Meezan Kevin R. JD’87* and Lori J. Mendik Sharon JD’79 and Andy Meyers Marc** and Chris Mihaly Dr. Rom Stevens and Dr. Marianne Mikat-Stevens P’17 Elizabeth* and Eric Miller John D. Miller, Jr. JD’09**^ Amanda J. Monchamp JD/MSEL’99 and Christian Marsh ’00 Edward Montoya JD’92 and Carmen A. Redlich-Montoya James Moreno JD/MSL’88 and Sarah Nicklin Amara Whitcher Morrison JD/MSL’87 Douglas A. Mulvaney JD’83 Kelleigh Domaingue Murphy JD’04 Constance Neary JD’89* The Honorable Harry M. Ness JD’76 Gail H. Nichols JD’80** Karis L. North JD’95* Marjorie Northrop Friedman JD’99 and Peter J. Friedman Karen Oelschlaeger JD’16 Margaret L. Olnek JD’92^ Jessica L. Olson JD’07 Susan E. Oram JD’83 Anne Debevoise Ostby MSL’88** Paul H. Ostien III JD’99 Bruce Pasfield JD’84 Christian H. Pedersen JD’99 Frederick V. Peet JD’93 Joseph Perella JD’88 Pamela J. Pescosolido JD’90** Jill Pfenning JD’07 Alex S. Polonsky JD’98 E. Miles Prentice III, Esq.**

TRUSTEE EMERITUS/FORMER TRUSTEE

Bill Reynolds JD’87 Lamar S. Rhodes JD’04 Jessie (Marshall) Roberts JD’80 Christian JD’85 and Cheryl Robin Mollie D. Roth JD’96 Katie Rowen JD'05 and Jen Willis JD/MSEL’05 David JD’94 and Anne Royer Professor Robert L. Sand JD’87**^ Robert Schweitzer JD’93 S. Mark Sciarrotta JD’96* Miss Breanna Shafer Charles E. JD’77** and Judith W. Shafer Robert M. Shafer JD’79** Alison Share JD’08 and Jami Westerhold JD/MSEL’08 M. Jane Sheehan, Esq JD’87 Alexandra B. Sherertz JD/MELP’12 Alexander (Sandy) Shriver JD’95** Mr. Don A. and Mrs. Rachel C. Smith P’02 Christopher M. Smith JD’14 Karen and Fernando Sotelino P’09 Adam G. Sowatzka JD/MSEL’97 Ms. Elizabeth Steele Kemp JD’87 and Edith Stickney Steven F. Stitzel JD’79 Hilary and Karl Stubben JD’01 M. P. Sweeney, CPA JD’80 Robert D. Taisey, Esq.** William E. Taylor JD/MSL’83 Richard K. Teitell JD’77 and Laura Teitell David Thelander JD’87** Christopher A. Thompson JD’98 and Nicole A. Alt JD’98 Tom JD’79** and Nancy Truman Lydia Bottome Turanchik JD’98 and Stephen Turanchik Richard L. Vanderslice JD/MSEL’01 Lindi von Mutius JD’08 Margaret I. Waldock JD/MSL’92 Alma Walls JD’01 Scott M. Watson JD/MSEL’06 Donna Watts JD’83 and John Monahan JD’83 Craig Weatherly JD’79 John S. Webb, Esq. JD’92 Rob^ and Nora Webber Robert Weisberg JD/MSEL’01 Lisa M. Werner JD/MSL’93 and Alan Pike John Westerman JD’82 Professor Stephanie^ and Stephen Willbanks Sean B. T. Williams JD’10 Mara Williams Oakes Karen Willis JD’95 and Marty Collins Joslyn Wilschek JD’03 and Anthony Iarrapino JD’03**^ Bradley D. Wine JD’95 Barbara J. Yarington JD’94 Andrew J. Yoon JD’99 Peter H. Zamore JD’79 Frederick N. Zeytoonjian JD/MSL’92

†= DECEASED ^ = FACULTY/STAFF

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REPORT OF GIVING F Y 2019

PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY

The President’s Society honors Vermont Law School’s most generous supporters, those distinguished alumni and friends whose lifetime contributions have reached $25,000 or more.

Anonymous (9) Jessie-Lea Abbott David M. Anderson Richard* and Beth Ayres Glenn J. Berger, Esq. JD’78*^ and Rachel S. Cox Melvyn† and Maxine† Bergman P’94 Mr. and Mrs.† Arthur W. Berndt Ms. Margaret C. Bowles Judson JD’89 and Carol Burnham The Byrne Foundation Leslie A. Cadwell JD’94** J. Scott JD’80** and Cathy Cameron Wick R. Chambers JD’78 David P. Chang† Caryn J. Clayman JD’83* Jim JD’91** and Joni JD’91 Clemons Ms. Amy Cohen** David N. Cole JD’86 Ed** and Nancy Colodny Colleen H. Connor JD’85* and Brian P. Kelahan Julien† and Virginia† Cornell GP’87 Thomas M.†** and Ann T.** Debevoise Mr.** and Mrs. Whitney Debevoise Michael Donovan JD’84 and Loretta Irwin-Donovan Christopher L.** and Ann B. Dutton Professor Stephen Dycus**^ and Elizabeth R. Dycus Ms. Gillian C. Ehrich Mr. Perez C. Ehrich** Terry M. Ehrich†** Ms. Shannon K. Ehrich Warren Joel T. JD’94 and Carolyn Faxon Anthony M. Feeherry, Esq. Carl and Judy Ferenbach

Alden L. Fiertz The Estate of Beverly F. Fiertz JD’86† Stuart Fiertz Robert B. Fiske, Jr. P’90* Janice A. Forgays, Esq. JD’85* Lillian and Ben Gingold† Mary Elena Goodan Maxine Jo Grad JD/MSL’85 Sheppard* and Joan Guryan Mickey Haggerty JD’77 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hanson P’83 Robert Haydock†** Harold H.† and Elizabeth D. Healy Professor John W. Hennessey†** and The Honorable Madeleine Kunin Heather** and Patrick Henry Stephen T. Hesse JD/MSL’89 Aaron J. and Barbarina M. Heyerdahl Nicholas E. Heyl JD’88** Michael O. ’84* and Kathy W. Hill The Honorable Philip H. Hoff†** Mr. Lawrence S. Huntington P’97 The Honorable James M. Jeffords† Jeff Johnson JD’82 and Mary Kehoe P’14 Gerard E. ** and Emily G. Jones James Kalashian JD’83 and Pat DeLuca JD’84 Byron S. Kalogerou JD’86** Howard JD’01 and Karolina Kanner Edmund H. Kellogg† Max** and Paige Kempner Patrick JD’03 and Cara Kenney Mr.†** and Mrs.† Edward Kimball P’86 John M.† and Barbara G.† Kirk P’92 Professor Kenneth Kreiling and Ms. Blanche Podhajski Adam JD/MSL’84 and Stephanie Kushner

DOUGLAS MEREDITH LEGACY SOCIETY

Vermont Law School recognizes the following donors as members of the Douglas Meredith Legacy Society for including VLS in their estate plan through a will or living trust, creating a charitable remainder trust (naming VLS as the remainder beneficiary), entering into a charitable gift annuity agreement with VLS or naming VLS as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement plan.

Anonymous (9) Caryn J. Clayman JD’83* Ed** and Nancy Colodny Colleen H. Connor JD’85* and Brian P. Kelahan Dean Thomas M.† and Ann T. Debevoise** Mr. Perez C. Ehrich** Terry M. Ehrich†** Robert A. Fasanella JD/MS’86 Alden L. Fiertz Lillian and Ben Gingold† Mickey Haggerty JD’77 Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs Randy A. Hertz**

James and Sally† Hill The Honorable Philip H. †** and Joan Hoff Scott Johnston JD’82 and Marsha Ajhar JD’81 Gerard E. ** and Emily G. Jones Roger† and Frances Kennedy Michael JD’80 and Christine Kessler Alex Manning JD’06 J. Michael McGarry III, Esq. L. Douglas Meredith† Marc** and Chris Mihaly P’13 Francis E. Morrissey JD’88† Barbara Mulligan Huppé JD’88

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*= TRUSTEE DURING FY 2019 **=

Susan G. Lacoste MSEL’03 P’11 ’20 Gerry and Bill JD’82** Leckerling Mr. Adam J. Lewis Crea S. Lintilhac Dunbar MSL’83† and Irene† Lockwood Mr. Dan Lufkin Edwin A.†** and Susan R.† Malloy Lori** and Timon** Malloy Edward C. Mattes, Jr. JD’83** Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Matule JD’94** J. Michael McGarry III, Esq.** William D. McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas McHenry Alice and George** McKann Bernard Mendik P’87† Kevin R. JD/MSL’87* and Lori J. Mendik L. Douglas Meredith†** Marc** and Chris Mihaly Phoebe A. Mix JD’79** Barbara Mulligan Huppé JD’88 Constance Neary JD’89* Gail H. Nichols JD’80** Marjorie Northrop Friedman JD’99 and Peter J. Friedman Karen Oelschlaeger JD’16 Mr. Dwight D. Opperman† Anne Debevoise Ostby MSL’88** R. Allan Paul, Esq.** and Elsie E. Paul Pamela J. Pescosolido JD’90** E. Miles Prentice III, Esq.** Robert D.** and Catharine B. Rachlin Mr. and Ms. Stephen Ramsey Norman†** and Evelyn Redlich Bill Reynolds JD’87 Marcus T. Reynolds P’87† Laurance S. Rockefeller† Elizabeth Ross†**

Daniel G. Murphy JD’81 Andrew H. Neisner JD’84† Katherine E. Nunes† The Honorable James L. † and Mara Williams Oakes Margaret L. Olnek JD’92^ J. Brian Potts JD’81 Elizabeth Ross† Charles E. JD’77** and Judith W. Shafer Robert M. Shafer JD’79** Dean Jeff †** and Genie Bird Shields Denton Shriver† Professor Gus and Cameron Speth

TRUSTEE EMERITUS/FORMER TRUSTEE

Professor Robert L. Sand JD’87**^ Jay A. Scherline, Esq. JD’76† and Lorrie L. Scherline Robert Schweitzer JD'93 Charles E. JD’77** and Judith W. Shafer Robert M. Shafer JD’79** Dean Jeff †** and Genie Bird Shields John W.† and Janice C.† Shields Mrs. Anna Simon Mr. Don A. and Mrs. Rachel C. Smith P’02 Ms. Elizabeth Steele Peter D. Sudler Robert D. Taisey, Esq.** Richard K. JD’77 and Laura Teitell David Thelander JD’87** Bill T. Walker, Esq. JD’76** Alma Walls JD’01 Lucy McVitty Weber JD/MSL’85 Patricia Weisberg P’01† Robert Weisberg JD/MSEL’01 John Westerman JD’82 Ann W. Wick Hilton A. Wick†** Professor Stephanie^ and Stephen Willbanks Norman† and Jeanne† Williams Mara Williams Oakes Karen Willis JD’95 and Marty Collins Mary G. Wilson** Dean Kinvin**^ and Deborah Wroth Charles B. JD’93†** and Anya K. JD’94†**Yates Mr. Craig Yates P’94 Dr. Fran Yates** Jean and Jeffrey Young

Kemp JD’87 and Edith Stickney William E. Taylor JD/MSL’83 David Thelander JD’87** Chase Van Gorder JD’84 Harry F. Waggoner MSEL’00 Robert Weisberg JD/MSEL’01 Professor Burns Weston† Hilton A. Wick† Norman and Jeanne Williams† Mary G. Wilson** Dr. Fran Yates** Jean and Jeffrey Young

†= DECEASED ^ = FACULTY/STAFF

DONOR LIST Anonymous (45) Randall S. Abate JD/MSL’89 Jennifer Abdella JD’07 and Charles Benjamin Kevin E. Aberant, Esq. JD’94 James E. Abraham JD/MELP’11 Alison Adam LLM’19 Chris Adamo JD’04^ Mr. and Ms. Thomas Adkins P’09 Maria L.C. Mendoza Adleman JD’94 Steve JD’82 and Lisa JD’82 Adler Adour and Helen Aghjayan P’16 Maurice and Angela Agresta P’16 Emma Akrawi JD’19 Candi Jones Alfred JD/MSEL’05 Sandra Allen JD/MSL’88 Steve JD’80 and Nancy Allenby Eric Alletzhauser JD/MSL’92 Margaret W. Ament JD’04 Mrs. Esther D. Ames P’07 Sam Ames JD'07/MELP’09 Christopher JD’94 and Marietta JD’94 Anderson Michael JD’04 and Heather Anderson Steve JD’79 and Ellen Ankuda Lori Anthony JD’97 Mary Elizabeth "Mea" Arego MSL’94 Ricky Armand JD’12 Joel Armin-Hoiland MELP’15 Abby Armstrong JD’84^ Mack A. Arnold JD’82 Penny Huss Asherman JD/MSEL’99 Vice President Lorraine Atwood^ Peter L. Ault P’85 Jeffrey B. Axelrod JD’85/MSEL’87 Richard* and Beth Ayres Robert E. Bailey JD’87 Jenny and Joe Ballway Cristina M. Banahan JD’15 Joshua C. Barber MERL’18 Joseph W. Barry III MSL’92 Dr. Marilyn Bartlett JD’91 Donald C. Baur^ Thomas W. Baxter Brian and Sheila Baylor P’19 Michael and Terrylynn Bayon P’19 James L. Beausoleil, Jr. JD/MSL’94 Bill Becker P’15 Colin G. Beckman JD’14 Joshua L. JD/MSEL’08 and Sarah E. Belcher Adam JD’06/MSEL’07 and Kayte Bellusci Robert R. Bent JD’81 and Jacqueline A. Hughes JD’81 Glenn J. Berger, Esq. JD’78*^ and Rachel S. Cox Alice J. Berlow JD’19 Mr. Arthur W. Berndt Professor Laurie J. Beyranevand JD’03**^ Monica Bhattacharyya Andrea Berlowe JD/MSL’93 and Jonathan Binder JD’92 Brent Bohan JD’10/MSEL’07 Kathryn K. Bonito JD'99/MSEL'00 Heather M. JD’04 and Anne Bonnet-Hebert Michael W. Borkowski JD’76 John D. Bosley JD’89 Lucie Bourassa Dvorak JD’95 Barbara A. Bowden JD’85 Ms. Margaret C. Bowles Heather S. Bowman JD’98 and Tobin Acebedo Mrs. Ruth J. Bradfield P’89 William P. Brady JD’80 Barry Richard Gindling Bram JD’84

Arturo A. Brandt Rivas LLM’03 Joseph C. Brennan^ Brenda Brickhouse MERL’18 Jaclyn A. Brilling JD'79 and Michael J. Horgan, MD Eric Broadway JD’95 and Beverly L. Broadway David B. Brown LLM’08 Edward A. Brown JD/MSL’93 Katie Brown JD/MSL’95 Bradley B. Brownlow JD’01 Peter JD’82 and Tia Bullard Gail and Joel JD’80 Burcat Emily E. Burgis JD’14 Judson JD’89 and Carol Burnham Helene J. Busby JD’07 Elizabeth J. Byrne JD’90 The Byrne Foundation David B. Cabrera JD/MSL’91 Pierre Calderan LLM’16 Shannon Slowey Callahan JD/MSEL’04 Ed JD’93 and Melissa JD’93 Callaway J. Scott JD’80** and Cathy Cameron Michael S. Campinell JD/MELP’15 Lisa M. Campion JD’11/MELP’08 Ms. Leslie A. Carothers Dave Carpenter JD/MSEL’97 Jordan K. Carpenter JD’16 Matthew J. Carr JD/MELP’17 Colin P. Carroll JD/MSEL’04 and Nancy M. Clark JD/MSEL’04 Jonathan K. and Dorothy S. Carter P’09 Peter H. JD’78** and Deborah M. Carter Pat Casey JD/MSL’87 and Amy Walker-Casey Robert W. Casey, Jr. P’15 Chloe Danielle Castro JD’19 Zachary J. Chen JD’14 and Heather S. Calderwood MERL’14 Edward J. Chesnik JD’76** Mrs. Stephanie B. Chiarella^ Nesha R. Christian-Hendrickson JD’08 Mason Chuang JD/MSEL’05 Jennifer Clancy MSL’92 Peter M. Clark JD’07 George and Tammy Clause P’19 Scott D. Clausen JD’03 Caryn J. Clayman JD’83* Jim JD’91** and Joni JD’91 Clemons Chris JD’93 and Liz Cocoma Jill and Jamie JD’80 Coffrin Kathy and Mark Cohen P’07 William D. Cohen JD’84 Kevin E. Colangelo JD’94 Alexa A. Cole JD’98 David N. Cole JD’86 Professor Liz Ryan Cole^ and Professor Charles Cole Nancy J. Colfax JD’79 Peter B. Colgrove JD’84 Monica R. Collins MSEL’03^ Torend L. Collins JD/MELP’09 Ed** and Nancy Colodny Christian Colwell JD’91 and Kathleen Bradley Colwell JD/MSL’91 Carolyn H. Connelly JD/MSL'95 Timothy D. Connolly JD’09 Colleen H. Connor JD’85* and Brian P. Kelahan Ted Conwell JD/MSL’94 Joe Cook JD’97 Juliet Cook JD’16 Thomas N. JD’81 and Susan H. JD’81 Cooper Amy Hanks Cornelius JD’02 Robert JD’92 and Maura Costello

John JD’78 and Janet Craven John Milton Cross, Jr. JD’79 Jessica Crouse MFALP’18 Scott M. JD’97* and Carrie G. JD’98 Cullen James M. Cunningham JD’14 Carolina Curbelo JD’05 Robin C. Curtiss JD’86 Ellen M. Czajkowski JD’15 M. Douglas Dagan JD/MELP’13 Amy Marie Davenport* and John R. Durrance JD’76 Meredith Davies JD’99 Amy E. Davis, Esq. JD’15 Peter F. Davis JD’97 Polly deVeau Davis JD’91/LLM’10 Stafford Davis JD’80 Johanna K. de Graffenreid MELP’15 Marta M. de Tuya P’19 Michelle T. Delemarre JD’91 and Ronald L. Vavruska JD’91 Jan Peter Dembinski JD’99 Ralph DeSena, Jr. ’80 Zlatica and Michel Deshayes P’19 Ashley JD’11 and James JD’09 DeVerna Charles E. Di Leva JD’78 William Dietrich MSEL’02 Michael L. DiGiulio JD’14 Charles J. DiMare JD’77 Mark J. DiStefano JD’84 P’10** Donna K. Djujic Michael Donovan JD’84 and Loretta Irwin-Donovan John and Sandra Dooley Kathleen Lennon Doster JD’98 Michael G. Dowd JD’82 John and Peggy Doyle P’19 Andrew Dressel JD’07 Professor Timothy P. Duane Priscilla B. Dube JD’80 Chip MSEL’97 and Ashley (Brown) JD/MSEL’99 Duffie Brett S. Dugan JD’14 Mr. Joseph C. and Ms. Teresa K. Duggan P’07 Brian Dunkiel JD/MSEL’96* and Leslie Halperin Tom JD’85 and Susan Durkin P’14 Christopher** and Ann Dutton Professor Stephen Dycus**^ and Elizabeth R. Dycus Douglas Ebeling JD’97 Professor John Echeverria^ and Carin Pratt Patrick M. Egan ’76 Dr. Marceline Egnin P’19 Dr. Carmen C. Ein P’15 Thailia O. Elcock-Bowen JD’92 Craig and Dianne Eldred P’13 Joel T. Emlen JD’05 Sara Erlbaum JD/MSL’94 Timothy M. Eustace JD’96 Christine A. Faris JD’81 Tom Federle JD’96 Jennifer Feeley Hyzer JD’02 and Cameron Hyzer Sabra Field, PhD Joy Dickstein Finkel JD’84 Caroline JD’04 and Heather Fisher-O'Neill Robert B. Fiske, Jr. P’90* Cole W. Flannery JD’11 Mary E. Fletcher JD’92 Catherine Flinchbaugh JD’08 and Michael Klass JD’08 Thomas S. Flynn JD/MELP’18 Susan Boyle Ford JD’84** Janice A. Forgays, Esq. JD’85*

GIVING BY CLASS YEAR 1976

14.67% PARTICIPATION

1977

8.08% PARTICIPATION

1978

10.87% PARTICIPATION

1979

34.18% PARTICIPATION

1980

13.89% PARTICIPATION

1981

8.87% PARTICIPATION

1982

11.82% PARTICIPATION

1983

15.57% PARTICIPATION

1984

20.18% PARTICIPATION

1985

10.17% PARTICIPATION

*= TRUSTEE DURING FY 2019 **=

TRUSTEE EMERITUS/FORMER TRUSTEE

†= DECEASED ^ = FACULTY/STAFF

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1986

8.21%

DONOR LIST CONTINUED

PARTICIPATION

1987

11.81% PARTICIPATION

1988

6.67% PARTICIPATION

1989

10.16% PARTICIPATION

1990

10.27% PARTICIPATION

1991

7.23% PARTICIPATION

1992

8.33% PARTICIPATION

1993

6.88% PARTICIPATION

1994

11.41% PARTICIPATION

1995

8.18% PARTICIPATION

1996

6.40%

Andrew W. Fowler JD’14 and Emily J. Migliaccio Fowler JD’14 John and Elizabeth Fowler P’14 Bridget J. Fox^ James and Susan Fox P’22 Robert J. Fox JD’83 Michael J. JD’85 and Mary C. Franco Steven Freihofner, Esq. JD’80 Jesse D. Fries JD’14 C. John Friesman Jonathan Frishtick JD’88 and Holly Glick Jeff Fucci JD/MELP’14** Ellyn K. Fuchsteiner JD’99 David L. Galgay, Jr. JD’87 Mario F. Gallucci, Esq. JD’90 Joshua Galperin JD’07 and Sarah Kuebbing William B. Gannett Stephanie Gardner MELP’14 Newt Garland Paul W. Garrity JD’94** Gordon Getty Edward Gillis JD’92 and Linda Mandell Gillis JD/MSL’94 Professor Clara F. Gimenez JD’03^ Clare A. Ginger MSL’83 Elijah T. Gleason JD/MELP’15^ Suzanne Fay Glynn JD’78 Richard A. Goldberg JD’78 Eric K. Goldwarg JD’09 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Golian P’98 John R. Gonzo JD’90 Mary Elena Goodan Christine Gardner Gould JD’02 and Peter Gould JD’02/MSEL’99 Molly R. Gray JD’14^ Professor John M. Greabe Noah A. Greenstein JD’19 Del Greer JD/MELP’09 Joseph T. Griffo JD’07 and Shannon Vallance Griffo JD/MSEL’07 Alexandra C. Grose JD’15 Dan Grossman JD’80 Sheppard* and Joan Guryan Petra A. Halsema JD’11 Nerissa A. Hamilton-vom Baur JD’06 Spencer G. Hanes JD/MSEL’04** Elizabeth M. Hannon JD/MSEL’99 Tom S. Hanson JD’95 Christopher JD’77 and Martha Harold P’12 ’13 Gaines Harrell JD’19 Harris Family JD’76 James P. Harris JD’87 Robert A. Harris JD’83 Cammie Hart P’02 Melissa J. Harwood MELP’12^ David T. Hasbrook JD’87 and Joanne E. Hasbrook Kathleen Hassey JD’84 Meredith A. Hatfield JD’99/MSEL’96** William Hatfield JD/MSL’93 Sandy Hauserman MSL’94 William D. Hayes LLM’12 Eileen Haynes JD’94 Don Hebert JD’89 and Holly Fazzino Todd M. Heine LLM’11, JD, Master 2 Droit Job C. Heintz JD/MSL’95 Lou Helmuth JD’84 and Lisa Steindler Gary L. Helton, Jr. MERL’15 Brett P. Herman JD’79 Jennifer L. JD'07/MSEL’03 and Arturo A. JD’07 Hernandez Shiloh S. Hernandez JD’08 Stuart JD/MSL’83 and Janet Hersh Michael B. Hershberg JD’16 Stephen T. Hesse JD/MSL’89 Demaris Page Hetrick JD/MSEL’96 Aaron J. and Barbarina M. Heyerdahl

Michael O. ’84* and Kathy W. Hill Shelley Hill JD’81 Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hines P’10 Daniel S. Hirschman JD’99 Maureen Bayer Hodson JD/MSEL’07 Kevin Hogan JD’91 Maureen T. Holland JD’89 Jonathan M. Holter JD’06 Neil Holzman MELP’13 Kay Hoogland and Jim O'Brien P’18 Jefferson C. Hooper JD'89 Jack Hornickel JD/MELP'15 Jerry Howe MSL’83 and Jodi Frechette Eric Hudson JD’98 and Tricia Dewey JD’96 Don C. Hunter JD’78 Mr. Raymond L. and Mrs. Kathy F. Hurt P’01 Jason Hutt JD’98** and Maria O'Donnell Peter S. Hyndman JD’89/MSL’90 Mr. Anthony J. and Mrs. Martha L. Iarrapino P’03 Andrew M. Jackson JD’79 Sarah E. Jackson MSEL’03 Jill Jacoby, PhD MSEL’96 W. Joe Jacumin JD’04 Jessica E. Jay JD’97^ Associate Dean Shirley A. Jefferson JD’86^ W. Owen Jenkins JD’77 William and Mary Jo Jesmer P’13 Professor Gregory Johnson^ Jeff Johnson JD’82 and Mary Kehoe Rick Johnson JD’97 Scott R. Johnson JD’79 Jane Johnston Keith Johnston JD’04 Scott Johnston JD’82 and Marsha Ajhar JD’81 Brian R. Jones JD’10 Harold V. Jones* Joanne Jordan JD/MSL’90* Gilbert P. Kaback JD'89 Elizabeth Kahn MELP’14 Renata Z. Kalnins JD’79 Howard JD’01 and Karolina Kanner Joy Kanwar-Nori JD’99/MSEL’00 and Sateesh Nori Rinku Kapoor Handa JD’18 Zigmund A. Karpa MELP’15 Jonathan D. Kaufelt* Borna Kazerooni JD’18 Edward T. Keable JD'86 and Scot M. Rogerson Peggy and Robert Keach P'14 Peter "Bradley Cooper" Keays JD’13 J. Patrick JD’93 and Diane Kennedy Gregory K. Kernohan MELP’15 Aaron J. Kesselman JD’18 Usman S. Khan JD’19 Gail Killefer JD’80** Kolleen Kirk JD/MSEL’99 Byron Kirkpatrick JD’06 Kissane Associates Bonnie Kivlan Elizabeth C. Kline JD’84 Coleman D. Konopka JD’16 Eula Lee Kozma JD’08/MSEL’05 and Joshua B. Sattely JD’08 Ms. Melissa Krah JD’11 Pamela Kraynak JD’84 Larry and Susie Kujovich and Family Stephanie E. Kupferman LLM’15^ Adam JD/MSL’84 and Stephanie Kushner Michael Kushner JD’04 Susan G. Lacoste MSEL’03 P’11 ’20 John JD’87 and Claudine Lanahan Alison R. Landis LLM’13 Kelly S. Lanier JD’01

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7.1% PARTICIPATION

Nicholas Sean Lansfeldt JD’19 Professor Mark A. Latham**^ Thomas F. Leary JD/MSEL’98 Jennifer J. Leech JD’18** Terry and Margaret Lenzner Vicki Leonhart JD/MSEL’82 and Al Trefts Christopher JD’78 and Jennifer Leopold Lepionka-Lacroix Family Jacqueline E. Leveroni JD/MELP’12 Richard A. JD/MSEL’99 and Alexis (Greenwold) JD’00 Levitt Cynthia Lewis^ and Jon David Lutz Tracey L. Lewis JD’09 Jennifer D. Lindsey JD’14 Randall M. Livingston JD’82 Harvey Loeb JD’79 Elizabeth A. Lohman MERL’15 Terrence A. Low JD’84 Jonathan and Jessica (Frohman) Lubetsky MSEL’02 Mr. Raymond B. Ludwiszewski Puspa L. Luitel JD’16 Nicholette R. Lustig JD/MFALP’19 Judge and Mrs. Joseph Maccario JD’77 Ms. Catherine MacKenzie*^ William G. Madsen JD’90 Michael Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maier P’81 Philip L. Maier JD’81 Marc A. Majors JD’03 Brian M. Makokha LLM’11 Ms. Margarita Maldonado P’18 Lori** and Timon** Malloy Margaret A. Mangan JD’86 Zachary Manganello JD’08 Joseph Marcelin and Betty Charpentier P’19 Evelyn Marcus JD’06 Peter Marshall JD’88 Brian E. J. JD’10 and Katherine L. JD’11 Martin Jeanne F. Martin JD’79 and Joseph R. Melech JD’79 Jeffrey JD’79 and Deanna Martin Peter W. Martin JD’85 Kirk Marty JD’96 Katharine A. Marvin JD/MSL’92 Sarah E. Mason JD’08 Benjamin D. Mathieu JD’15 Edward C. Mattes, Jr. JD’83** Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Matule JD’94** Bob Maxwell JD’86 James C. and Natalia E. May JD’09^ Karen McAndrew, Esq. Justin W. McCabe JD’08^ and Kathleen M. Whelley McCabe Ellen Young McClain JD’81 Professor Beth McCormack^ Suzanne A. McCrory David M. JD’07 and Melissa C. McCullough Ms. Katherine B. McDonald P’12 Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas McHenry Dean Thomas McHenry*^ and Elena Phleger Alice and George McKann** Mr. William E. McKay and Mrs. Carol McKay P’94 Greg JD/MSEL'99 and Kirstin (Rohrer) JD/MSEL’99 McPolin David JD/MSL’91 and Nancy Mears David JD/MSEL’97 and Erin JD/MSEL’97 Meezan Kevin R. JD’87/MSL’86* and Lori J. Mendik John JD'85 and Barrie Mercer Peg Merrens JD/MSL’94 John P. Meyer JD’09 Sharon JD’79 and Andy Meyers Christopher Middleton JD’06 Bob Miessau ’93 Marc** and Chris Mihaly P’13 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Mikolop P’00

E. David JD’79 and Jan Millard Elizabeth* and Eric Miller John D. Miller, Jr. JD’09**^ Mark E. Miller JD’83 Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Miller MSEL’04 Andrew W. Minikowski JD/MELP’15 Jodi I. Mintz JD/MSEL’99 Lynne Mitchell JD’86 and Dick Lewis MSL’85 Ryan J. Mitchell JD’20 Matthew C. Mollica JD’18 Tony and Julie Mollica P’18 Amanda Monchamp JD/MSEL’99 and Christian Marsh ’00 Ian Montone JD’95 Brian Moore JD’99 James and Linda Moore P’19 Parker Moore JD’04 James Moreno JD’88/MSL’93 and Sarah Nicklin Maureen Moriarty^ Daphne Moritz JD/MSL’90 Amara Whitcher Morrison JD/MSL’87 Dr. Jill Mortensen P’14 Julia K. Muench JD’18 Barbara Mulligan Huppé JD’88 Christine E. Munion JD/MSL’94 Meagan Munsey JD’05 Jenn Murphy JD’07 Kelleigh Domaingue Murphy JD’04 William K. Murphy JD’76 Michael Myers JD’93 Donald P. Nagle JD’88 Mary Ann Neal JD’79 Constance Neary JD’89* Sue M. Neary P’19 Professor Katharine F. Nelson Betsey S. Neslin JD’80 The Honorable Harry M. Ness JD’76 Grace G. Newcomer Leslie A. Nielsen JD’84 Kelly E. Nokes JD/MELP’15 Katie Nolan MELP’20^ Karis L. North JD’95* Marjorie Northrop JD’99 and Peter J. Friedman Brent E. Noyes JD/MELP’12 Jacob J. O'Brien JD’18 Jeanne O'Brien JD’86 Keely O'Bryan JD/MSEL’99 Jennifer E. O'Connor JD’19 Karen Oelschlaeger JD’16 Herbert G. Ogden, Jr. Gretchen A. Oldham JD’09^ Margaret L. Olnek JD’92^ Jessica L. Olson JD’07 Susan E. Oram JD’83 Paul H. Ostien III JD’99 George H. Ostler JD’83 Ian R. Oxenham JD/MERL’19 James M. Packman JD’14 Elise Rindfleisch Paeffgen JD’09 Nancy A. Papademas JD’84† Justin M. Park JD/MSEL’08 Todd K. Parker MSEL’06 Danielle M. Parkinson JD’12 Bruce Pasfield JD’84 David C. JD’76 and Patricia M. Patterson Ashley Patton^ R. Allan Paul, Esq.** and Elsie E. Paul Nadege (Charles) JD’02 and Kyle JD’00 Paulson Christian H. Pedersen JD’99 Frederick V. Peet JD’93 Mr. Jean R. and Mrs. Virginia S. Perrette P’94 Pamela J. Pescosolido JD’90**

1998

7.23% PARTICIPATION

1999

16.76% PARTICIPATION

2000

3.18% PARTICIPATION

2001

5.58% PARTICIPATION

2002

4.86% PARTICIPATION

2003

6.13% PARTICIPATION

2004

10% PARTICIPATION

2005

6.59% PARTICIPATION

2006

6.07% PARTICIPATION

2007

9.91% PARTICIPATION

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2008

8.70% PARTICIPATION

2009

9.61% PARTICIPATION

2010

8.70% PARTICIPATION

2011

9.61% PARTICIPATION

2012

2.68% PARTICIPATION

2013

3.32% PARTICIPATION

2014

10.89% PARTICIPATION

2015

8.91% PARTICIPATION

2016

3.69% PARTICIPATION

2017

5.86% PARTICIPATION

2018

6.77%

DONOR LIST CONTINUED Christine G. (Berry) Peters JD’00 Ian Peterson JD’16 Donna Petrangelo P’12 Melinda J. Petter MELP’15 Jill Pfenning JD’07 Cathyanne A. Pisciotta JD’90/MSL’91 Alex S. Polonsky JD’98 Professor Brian Porto^ Dr. Alan and Christine Post P’19 Lisa Anastasio Potter JD’94 E. Miles Prentice III, Esq.** Claire H. Prince MSL’92 John C. Putney JD'81 Lafmairta A. Quattrone MELP’18 Courtney Queen JD’06 and Mathias Rosenfeld Charlotte C. Rand JD’17 William J. Reedy Todd M. and Lori A. Rego P’18 Sandi and Paul Reiber Christopher M. JD’99 and Tara A. JD’98 Reid Bill Reynolds JD’87 Ebony Riggins JD’06 José Juan Ríos-González MELP’14 Mimi JD’01 and Ashley Roach Jessie (Marshall) Roberts JD’80 Christian JD’85 and Cheryl Robin Curtis H. Roggi JD’79 Carolyn M. Rooney JD’09/MSEL’06 Sheryl K. Rosner JD’92 Kristin A. Ross JD’09 Catherine JD’82 and Patrick Rothwell Michael Routhier JD/MSEL’07 Katie Rowen JD’05 and Jen Willis JD/MSEL’05 Craig E. Royce P’04 David JD’94 and Anne Royer Cheri Ruch Yasuda JD’87 Donna L. Russo-Savage JD’89 Arthur E. Ryan, Jr. JD’89 Professor Christine Ryan^ Greg Ryan JD’03 Karel Brown Ryan JD’90 Linda G. Sable JD’87 Richard A. Sadlock JD’86 Jack Sahl JD’79 Professor Major Richard K. Sala JD/MELP’13**^ Christopher P. Salotti JD’94 Professor Robert L. Sand JD’87**^ Mrs. Brinna B. and Mr. Frank E. Sands Alexandria Santry-Raptis P’19 Joan D. Sarles JD’80 Anna Saxman JD’85^ and Rob Halpert JD’83 Gary M. Schaff JD’76 Charles R. Schaller JD’90 Donald G. Scheck JD’77 The Family of Jay Scherline JD’76 Heide Scheurer Daniel Schramm JD’08 and Amanda Frayer Jared E. Schroder JD’14 Robert and Carol Schwartz P’10 S. Mark Sciarrotta JD’96* Patricia Scribner P’81 Collins J. Seitz and Gail Murray Seitz P’07 Jennifer E. Sekula JD/MSEL’98 Geoffrey Sewake JD/MELP'09 Miss Breanna Shafer Charles E. JD’77** and Judith W. Shafer Robert M. Shafer JD’79** Kara Shannon JD’15 Alison Share JD’08 and Jami Westerhold JD/MSEL’08 Audrey M. Sharp JD’89 M. Jane Sheehan, Esq JD/MSL’87 Kim Shelton JD’06

Alexandra B. Sherertz JD/MELP’12 Genie Bird Shields Nathaniel Shoaff JD’07 Achyut Shrestha MERL’14 Margaret M. Shugart JD/MELP’19 Allison Nickels Shute JD’15 and Johnathan Shute Morris JD’86 and Tobi Silver Richard Simon JD’89 James L. Simpson JD’99 John P. Simpson JD’96 Robert V. Simpson, Jr. JD’78 Ian T. Sinderhoff JD’11 Emily K. Slagle JD/MELP’12 Samuel E. Slaiby JD’76 Marcia L. JD’84 and John H. JD’83 Slingerland James JD’79 and Linda JD’79 Smiddy Christopher M. Smith JD’14 Mr. Don A. and Mrs. Rachel C. Smith P’02 Janell T. Smith JD’07 Taylor Smith MELP’14 Harold E. Snow JD’77 Michael J. Socoloski JD’15 Daniel JD’09 and Mariah Sotelino Karen and Fernando Sotelino P’09 Adam G. Sowatzka JD/MSEL’97 Dr. and Mrs. Donald Spicer P’96 Darren Springer JD/MSEL’05 and Stephanie Young JD/MSEL’05 Lisa A. St. Amand JD’83 William C. Stafford Whitney I. Standefer JD’14 Cory Steckler JD/MELP’11 and Elizabeth Newbold JD’11 Ms. Elizabeth Steele Professor Pamela Stephens** and Rick Melberth, PhD Dennis and Barbara Stern Dr. Rom Stevens and Dr. Marianne Mikat-Stevens P’17 Maria D. Stewart JD’00 Kemp JD’87 and Edith Stickney Catherine (Catie) Stitt JD’09 Steven F. Stitzel JD’79 Margaret Stolfa JD’91 and Kurt W. Terwilliger JD’90 Frederick W. Stolle, Jr. JD’79 Steven Strain P’19 Cody D. Stryker JD/MERL’18 Paula M. Stuart MSEL’01 Hilary and Karl Stubben JD’01 Timothy Sullivan JD/MSEL’05 and Dana Barile JD’04 Christopher D. Supino LLM’13 Tyler J. Sutton LLM’01 Steve JD'83 and Cheryl Swartout M. P. Sweeney, CPA JD’80 Philip Tabas^ Robert D. Taisey, Esq.** Brenda K. Taite, MS, JD’05 Richard W. Taussig JD’11 Dustin Taylor JD/MSEL’04 William E. Taylor JD/MSL’83 Professor Peter Teachout^ and Judge Mary Miles Teachout Richard K. JD’77 and Laura Teitell Mark JD’84 and Terri-Lynn Thayer Charlotte E. Thomas JD’84 Nina Thomas Christopher A. Thompson JD’98 and Nicole A. Alt JD’98 Dave^ and Judy Thurlow Tamara D. Toles O'Laughlin JD/MELP’09 Beverly S.K. Tom JD’90 Sandra Torget JD/MSEL’99 Maida F. Townsend George JD’76 and Mary Trimper Benjamin K. Trogdon JD’81 Tom JD’79** and Nancy Truman Peter H. Truong JD’01 Linda Tsang JD’07

PARTICIPATION

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Micaela Tucker JD’09 Frank Twohill JD’85 Bradley E. Tyler JD’78 Anthony Q. Vale MSL’95 Margaux J. Valenti JD’13 Chase Van Gorder JD’84 Tammara M. Van Ryn MSL’90 Richard L. Vanderslice JD/MSEL’01 Pamela A. Vesilind JD’08^ Eric Voigt JD/MSL’94 and Diana Goell Voigt JD’95 Lindi von Mutius JD’08 Ms. Sarah W. Vorder Bruegge P’92 Margaret I. Waldock JD/MSL’92 Alma Walls JD’01 Shengzhi Wang JD’16 Jerald Ward

Scott M. Watson JD/MSEL’06 Donna Watts JD’83 and John Monahan JD’83 Mr. Barry and Mrs. Elsa Waxman Craig Weatherly JD’79 Breanna C. Weaver JD/MELP’17 Erin (Barnes) Weaver JD/MSEL’99 John S. Webb, Esq. JD’92 Thomas Webb JD’14 Maggie Webbert and Mike Plaisted P’19 Thomas Weinard P’21 Robert Weisberg JD/MSEL’01 Rachael Welsh MELP’18 Mary L. Welz^ Lisa M. Werner JD/MSL’93 and Alan Pike John Westerman JD’82 Emily JD’04 and Michael Wetherell

Patricia A. Whalen JD’79 Laurie E. Wheelock JD’10/MELP’07 Dr. James N. Whipple P’98 Steven JD’07 and Becky JD’07 Whitley Gary Wieland JD’82 Daniel J. Wilcox JD’18 Professor Stephanie^ and Stephen Willbanks Nancy Lee Willet MSL’87 Mara Williams Oakes Sean B. T. Williams JD’10 Karen Willis JD’95 and Marty Collins Joslyn Wilschek JD’03 and Anthony Iarrapino JD’03**^ Zaw Win JD’08 Bradley D. Wine JD’95 Tim Winslow JD’06

Edward B. JD/MSL’89 and Mary Gute Witte Jane Woldow JD’99^ and Kurt Kuehl JD’99 Christopher S. and Jacqueline M. B. Wren P’99 Daniel Wright JD’96 Dean Kinvin**^ and Deborah Wroth Tseming Yang, Tinling Choong and Gwen-Zoe Yang Barbara J. Yarington JD’94 Professor Carl Yirka and Ms. Micki Colbeck Andrew J. Yoon JD’99 Professor Elizabeth York JD’99 and Mr. Ray Williams III Peter H. Zamore JD’79 Frederick N. Zeytoonjian JD/MSL’92

FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AGENCIES, AND OTHER SUPPORTERS Anonymous (6) AmazonSmile Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Bank of America Private Wealth Management Barrister's Book Shop The Braxton Fund, Inc. The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Charities Aid Foundation of America The Chicago Community Trust The Clowes Fund, Inc. Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Crawford Family Foundation Crossroads Bar & Grill Devon Creek Foundation, Inc. EarthJustice

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation Education Vermont USA Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Branch Coffee LLC Five Maples The Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation, Inc. Friends of the Earth General Electric Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc. Hanover Cooperative Community Fund Hoehl Family Foundation James Scott and Sally Foss Hill Foundation Jane's Trust Foundation Jephson Educational Trusts The Johnson Family Foundation

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Leidos Local Independent Charities of America Loring, Woolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC Maverick Lloyd Foundation Nationwide Insurance Nuveen Benevolent Trust Oarsmen Foundation Overhills Foundation Pasadena Community Foundation Phillips, Dunn, Shriver & Carroll, PC PwC Raytheon Company Schwab Charitable Fund Seidel Cohen Hof & Reid LLC Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Skinny Pancake Hanover

Sun Hill Family Foundation Sun Life Financial The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation The Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation The JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund The Pennywise Foundation The Quechee Club Thomson Reuters Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation UBS Financial Services United Technologies Matching Gifts Program UnumProvident Corporation Vermont Bar Foundation Vermont Community Foundation Walls Law Firm, PLLC Winburn Law

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TRIBUTE GIFTS In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Arego Mary Elizabeth "Mea" Arego MSL’94

In honor of Carl John McKay JD’94 Mr. William E. and Mrs. Carol McKay P’94

In memory of Sterry R. Waterman, USCJ Jenny and Joe Ballway

In memory of Zakee (Rodney) Jones JD’04 Christopher Middleton JD’06

In honor of Sara Barnowski JD’17 Anonymous P’17

In honor of my parents, Deborah and James Munsey JD’84 Meagan Munsey JD’05

In honor of Charles L. Becker JD’15 Bill Becker P’15

In memory of my father Ernest W. Gibson Jr. Grace G. Newcomer

In honor of Jonathan Goldsmith Cohen JD’07 Kathy and Mark Cohen P’07

In memory of Joyce M. North Karis L. North JD’95*

In memory of Angela J. Prodan JD/MSL’94 Joe Cook JD’97

In memory of Professor Cheryl Hanna Keely O'Bryan JD/MSEL’99

In honor of Dean Cook Juliet Cook JD’16

In honor of Mackenzie Victoria Royce JD’04 Craig E. Royce P’04

In honor of the Center for Justice Reform Jan Peter Dembinski JD’99

In memory of Doris Sable, with love to a great woman from your family.

Linda G. Sable JD’87

In memory of Robert Ein, MD Dr. Carmen C. Ein P’15 In memory of Andrea Elcock-Bowen.

Our time together was too short.

Thailia O. Elcock-Bowen JD’92

In honor of Ann Debevoise Charles E. JD’77** and Judith W. Shafer

In memory of Roger C. Heppell Anonymous JD’99

In honor of John Dumville and SoRo memories Achyut Shrestha MERL’14

In memory of Michael Sullivan JD’79 Andrew M. Jackson JD’79

In memory of David and Edna Silver, for their support.

Morris JD’86 and Tobi Silver

In honor of Graham Jesmer JD’13 William and Mary Jo Jesmer P’13

In honor of Stephen C. Smith JD/MSEL’02 Mr. Don A. and Mrs. Rachel C. Smith P’02

In memory of Christopher Wren JD’99 Joy Kanwar-Nori JD’99/MSEL’00 and Sateesh Nori James L. Simpson JD’99

In honor of VLS Taylor Smith MELP’14

In honor of Herbert Kushner Adam JD/MSL’84 and Stephanie Kushner In memory of Professor Robert Gagnon for his years of dedicated service to VLS students.

Nicholette R. Lustig JD/MFALP’19 In honor and memory of Madeline and Joseph Maccario Judge and Mrs. Joseph Maccario JD’77 In memory of Harold Riley, a generous soul.

Anonymous JD’82 In honor of Nathan Makokha Brian M. Makokha LLM’11 In memory of John P. McCrory Suzanne A. McCrory

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In honor of Chris Raleigh JD’80 Jack Sahl JD’79

In memory of Dean Douglas Costle Monica Bhattacharyya Ms. Leslie A. Carothers Jane Johnston Terry and Margaret Lenzner In memory of Professor Gilbert L. Kujovich Anonymous JD’11 Margaret W. Ament JD’04 J. Scott JD’80** and Cathy Cameron Amy E. Davis, Esq. JD’15 Professor Timothy P. Duane Susan Boyle Ford JD’84** Kevin Hogan JD’91 Bonnie Kivlan Lepionka-Lacroix Family Daniel Schramm JD’08 and Amanda Frayer Marcia L. JD’84 and John H. JD’83 Slingerland James JD’79 and Linda JD’79 Smiddy Janell T. Smith JD’07

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