Serving the Public and the Profession
YLD-Sponsored relay team “Race Judicata” team-members Ashleigh Angel, Justin Brown, Christian Chorba, Ryan Long and Colette Schmidt joined thousands of racers in the memorial day weekend sun for the May 28, 2023 M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon and Relay, completing the 26.2 mile course with a team time of 4:20:46. The team had a blast…
The Vermont Bar Association and Vermont Law and Graduate School are continuing to partner on a Lawyer Incubator Project to help new and new-to-Vermont lawyers establish law practices in underserved areas and for underserved populations of our state. Incubator lawyers in previous classes have praised the Project’s full mentorship and support, access to cases…
The Vermont Judiciary Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was established to identify disparities in our justice system, understand the causes, evaluate solutions, and implement changes. The Commission’s work will address disparities amongst individuals involved in court proceedings as well as internal Judiciary practices, such as hiring, training, and retention. The Commission, which consists of…
The Office of the Chief Judge, the Hon. Thomas Zonay, has released the judicial assignments rotation. These assignments will pertain from Sept. 5, 2023 until Sept. 5 2024. To see the announcement, click here.
2023 ABA MEDAL NOMINATIONS The Profession, Public Service, and Diversity Committee of the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors would like to remind you to please submit your nominations for the 2023 recipient of the ABA Medal by Friday, May 12, 2023. The ABA Medal was established to honor a member of the bench or…
This just in to the VBA from the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section: The Co-Chairs of the Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) Committee of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section are requesting attorney participation in a study designed to gather data about the value of early dispute resolution. Data in the field of dispute resolution is very…
The Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living (DAIL) has advised the VBA that a program designed to increase the flow of disabled college students into law school has just extended its application deadline until May 12. The Coelho Center Law Fellowship Program at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles provides an impressive…
The VBA got notice of this information from the Judiciary about problems some Odyssey users are having with their emails being added to a “suppression list.” To wit: Odyssey File and Serve has recently provided information for court users who are not receiving email notifications and who question whether their email addresses have mistakenly been…
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR ALL VERMONT COURTHOUSES AND JUDICIARY FACILITIES Now that emergency declarations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have ended, the Vermont Judiciary is also ending the vast majority of the COVID-19 health and safety protocols that were adopted at the start of the pandemic and periodically modified thereafter. It will continue to…
The 2023 A. Pearly & Edith C. Feen Lecture Series speaker is Dahlia Lithwick. Her presentation is titled: Religion and The Supreme Court: Where are we now? This event will be live at Ohavi Zedek or available on Livestream. The information can be found at https://ohavizedek.org/event/dahlia/