Vermont Law and Graduate School receives largest-ever donation, will support animal protection law
The donor was anonymous, but the university was able to say that the gift came from an 'international foundation dedicated to solving environmental challenges'.
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The donation will go towards supporting the school's knowledge of animal protection policy as well as agriculture and food systems. It will also help with advancing a new project in aquaculture, or seafood farming.
Professor Delcianna Winders at the university's Animal Law and Policy Institute calls the gift 'an incredible vote of confidence in the VLGS Animal Law and Policy Institute's pathbreaking work to train tomorrow's animal advocacy leaders.'
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VLGS had 690 students enrolled in 2023 in its masters and doctorate programs, including Food and Agricultural Law and Policy, Restorative Justice, and Climate and Environmental Policy. It began classes in an old schoolhouse in South Royalton in the summer of 1973 and gained certification from the American Bar Association five years later.
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