Northeastern University School of Law announces a new partnership with Vermont Law School--a national leader in environmental law--to train lawyers interested in playing a critical policy and advocacy role as environmental leaders. Northeastern law students earn a JD from Northeastern and a Master of Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School in the same three years that it would take to earn just the JD. The program includes a summer of advanced environmental courses at Vermont and four full-time, 11-wee co-op externships.
Working together, Northeastern and Vermont are building environmental field placements around the world. Students may also qualify for fellowship support through Northeastern's Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy.
Northeastern/Vermont join a relatively short list of schools offering formal dual degree programs in law and environmental issues. Others include Tulane's JD/MSPH (or MPH) degrees in environmental health sciences, the JD-MEPS (or MEPC or MSEPC) in environmental pollution control at Penn State, Vermont's own JD/MSEL program in environmental policy and law, and JD/MSL programs in environmental policy and law at Idaho, UC Davis and South Dakota (which also works through Vermont Law). There are several other available programs, like Stanford's JD in environmental science, Dukes JD-MS in environmental science, and several other joint degrees in environmental management, environmental studies, and the like. For more, see the NAPLA/SAPLA Law School Book of Lists.
-UNLV Prelaw
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