Vermont Law Traditional Cache
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The cache is located on the bank of the scenic White River next to the Vernont Law School.
History of Vermont Law School
In the summer of 1973, 113 students sat in the old South Royalton schoolhouse and started their legal studies with a tuition of $2,100. They were attending a law school that hadn’t yet been approved by the American Bar Association—a factor of great concern, since most states require graduation from an ABA-approved law school for admission to the bar.
In December 1973, VLS was certified by the Vermont Board of Education as an institution of higher learning. Provisional ABA approval came in February 1975. Bells rang when the news arrived, and classes were cancelled.
A full complement of classes arrived on campus for the fall 1975 term. The law school's charter class graduated in spring 1976.
Full approval by the ABA came in 1978, and the law school was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 1980. VLS became a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1981.
The Environmental Law Center opened its doors in 1978 with eight master's degree students. The Environmental Law Center now offers the most comprehensive environmental law and policy curriculum in the nation, its program is consistently top-ranked by U.S.News & World Report, and confers both the Master of Environmental Law and Policy (MELP) and Master of Laws in Environmental Law (LLM) degrees. The Class of 2008 included 87 students receiving these master's degrees.
A legal clinic for the area's low-income residents, the South Royalton Legal Clinic was established in 1979. Student clinicians provide help for persons otherwise unable to afford counsel in areas such as family law, juvenile law and children's rights, civil rights and civil liberties, consumer protection, bankruptcy, and immigration. In the 2007–08 academic year, the clinic supervised 58 clinicians and work-study students and handled a caseload of 119 cases.
In 2005 the old South Royalton schoolhouse, where that first Vermont Law School class studied in 1973, was renovated and renamed Debevoise Hall, after one of the first deans of the law school, Thomas M. Debevoise. Renovations balanced historical preservation with design efficiency and environmental awareness. Debevoise Hall was the only LEED Silver Certified renovation building project in the state of Vermont. The hall continues to serve as classroom space and now also houses administration offices, the Environmental Law Center, and the Yates Common Room, a gathering place that serves as the campus's "living room."
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