Serving the Public and the Profession
A group of legal professionals, led by assistant attorney general Alfonso Villegas, a member of the VBA Board of Managers, were at South Burlington High School on May 1, Law Day, to talk about the law to a group of high school students. Panelists were Kyle Clauss (Legal Services Vermont), Jill Martin Diaz (Vermont Asylum…
Vermont Queer Legal Professionals invite Vermont LGBTQIA+ lawyers, law students, legal workers, and allies to join for a casual lunch and Q&A with Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Burlington’s first out-queer mayor! When: May 8, 2024, from 12:30-2:00pm Where: Poppy Cafe, 88 Oak Street, Burlington Only 20 tickets are available and an RSVP required. To RSVP or…
Do you and a client have a disagreement about your billed attorney’s fees? The VBA offers free services to resolve disputes over an attorney’s billed fees. The free services include both mediation and arbitration, and are provided by the VBA Fee Dispute Committee (f/k/a the Fee Arbitration Committee) (the “Committee”) to those who choose to…
The Judiciary has advised that following this weekend’s outage (4/26-4/27), its Case Management System, “Enterprise Justice” (formally Odyssey), upgrade is complete! All Judiciary systems including the Public Portal, the Attorney Portal, Vermont Digital Evidence Portal (VDEP), and Odyssey E-File and Serve are back up and operational. There are no changes to appearance or functionality to…
MONTPELIER, Vermont – The Vermont Bar Association joins the American Bar Association in condemning the continued attacks on judges and other members of our judicial system. The VBA is a non-profit and non-partisan organization that is committed to robust civil discourse and the exercise of First Amendment rights – but we will not, and…
Superior Court Judge The Judicial Nominating Board is seeking applicants for the Superior Court Judge vacancy which will be created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Toor. The Chief Superior Judge will assign this Judge to the Northwestern area of the North Region of the Superior Court, with primary assignments to the Chittenden, Franklin, Grand…
The Judiciary has announced the Superior Judge Rotation Schedule for Sept. 3, 2024, through Sept. 1, 2025. Click here to see the schedule.
More than 100 students participated in the 2024 Mock Trial Competition at Vermont Law and Graduate School on April 6. Teams included Brattleboro Union High School, Hartford High School, Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Rutland High School, Champlain Valley Union High School, Randolph Technical Career Center and Southwest VT Career Center. The Vermont Bar Association…
The VBA held its 2024 Mid-Year Meeting at the Burlington Hilton Lake Champlain on March 29. With about 240 attorneys, 40 Vermont judges, 21 sponsors (a post-pandemic record), and special guests, there were more than 300 people on hand for the big day. The weather cooperated, more or less – it was cold and windy…
The Board of Managers of the Vermont Bar Association approved the creation of a section Animal Law at its meeting on March 28, 2024 in Burlington. The first chair of the section is Laura Fox, Visiting Professor and Director of the Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC) at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Fox was one…