In search of justice

DISCOVERY
USDA
FUNDING FOR
FOOD WORK
THE CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS (CAFS) AT VLS
this fall announced $749,798 in new funding from the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Library (NAL) to continue
its Healthy Food Policy Project and support new work. The grant extends the
project to January 2020 and brings CAFS’ total USDA NAL funding since 2014
to $2,237,071. The mission of the Healthy Food Policy Project is to advance
knowledge about local laws and policies that improve access to healthy food
and promote health equity, support local economies, and/or foster improved
environmental outcomes. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is a longtime supporter
of the Healthy Food Policy Project and CAFS’ partnership with NAL, the
Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and the Rudd
Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.
Maclean
ENRLC WELCOMES ALUMNA
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW CLINIC (ENRLC)
was fortunate to welcome Lizzie Tisher JD’14/LLM’18 to its ranks earlier
this year. Lizzie joined the clinic as a staff attorney and LLM fellow in June,
and will be pursing her LLM degree while
working on cases and supervising students in
the clinic. Lizzie is no stranger to the clinic,
having participated as a student clinician
during the spring of 2014 and staying on for
an additional summer. Now, Lizzie is focused
primarily on work related to the PFOA contamination
in North Bennington and recently
drafted extensive comments on Vermont’s
proposed groundwater protection standard.
“We’re thrilled to have Lizzie re-join our team,”
says ENRLC Acting Director Laura Murphy.
“She is an extremely talented attorney and is
a natural at working with students, who have
already sung her praises for giving them super
helpful, thorough, and thoughtful feedback.”
Prior to starting her LLM Fellowship, Lizzie clerked for Vermont
Supreme Court Justice John A. Dooley and served as an Assistant Attorney
General in the Vermont Attorney General’s
Office. While in law school, she excelled on the
Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court
Competition team and received the Burton Award
for Distinguished Legal Writing with her paper,
“Re-Stitching the Urban Fabric: Municipal-Driven
Rehabilitation of Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
in Ohio’s Rust Belt.” In addition to her work in the
ENRLC, Lizzie will be teaching Advanced Appellate
Advocacy in the spring.
Photo courtesy of Lizzie Tisher
vermontlaw.edu/enrlc
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