Advocacy

As a faculty co-director of the Vermont Law and Graduate School Environmental Advocacy Clinic, I work with students to represent public-interest clients in environmental litigation, with a special focus on cases involving climate and environmental justice and natural resource protection. Below are recent examples of these efforts.

VLGS Programs Support Local Advocates’ Challenge to Federal Fossil Fuel Plans for Puerto Rico

Territory Would Benefit from Distributed Solar and Batteries, Experts Say SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (July 13, 2026) — On behalf of three organizations that have

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Environmental Advocacy Clinic Calls for Accountability to Address Toxic Flooding in Oklahoma Waters

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (April 17, 2026) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic (EAC) has again urged the Federal Energy Regulatory

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Forest Protection Organization and Environmental Advocacy Clinic Score Early Victory in Lawsuit Over Vermont Public Land Management

Court says Vermont Agency of Natural Resources must address claims it violated the public trust doctrine and failed to follow required public process for

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VPIRG and Vt. Environmental Advocacy Clinic Urge Court to Uphold Landmark Climate Adaptation Law

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (November 24, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of the Vermont Public Interest

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Environmental Advocacy Clinic Files Challenge to Latest Major Logging Project in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. (September 26, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of forest protection group Standing

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Forest Protection Group Files New Lawsuit to Challenge Latest Commercial Logging Project in White Mountain National Forest

CONCORD, N.H. (June 23, 2025) — Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic filed suit today alleging that the U.S. Forest Service

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Leading Climate Scientists Submit Amicus Brief Supporting EPA’s Clean Car Standards

Environmental Advocacy Clinic Files Brief Describing Reality and Risks of Climate Change in D.C. Circuit to Help Defend Emissions Standards for Light- and

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Environmental Advocacy Clinic Contributes to Major Win for Water Quality with National Impact

By: Rubina Manjikian JD/MCEP’27 and Haleigh Smith JD/MCEP’27 The Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) Environmental Advocacy Clinic (EAC), together with

Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolLaura Kujawa

At the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (2015-2022)

AG Healey Supports SEC Proposal Requiring Companies to Disclose Financial Risks of Climate Change

State’s Highest Court Rejects Exxon’s Effort to Dismiss Climate Deception Lawsuit

Biopharmaceutical Company to Pay $600,000 to Settle Allegations of Clean Air Act Violations at Lexington Facility

Court Rulings Deny Exxon’s Motions to Dismiss AG Office’s Lawsuit

AG Healey Sues the Trump Administration Over Reckless Plan to Gut the National Environmental Policy Act

Energy Company Settles Claims of Unlawful Operation of Oil Terminals in Quincy and Everett Without Required Air Permits

AG Healey Sues Trump Administration Over Illegal Rollback of Clean Car Standards

AG Healey Sues Trump Administration Over Illegal Attack on States’ Authority to Set Clean Car Standards

AG Healey Sues EPA Over Rollback of Chemical Safety Protections

AG Healey Co-leads Multistate Settlement with American Electric Power to Improve Air Quality

AG Healey Leads 18 State AGs in Defending Rules on Ozone-Depleting Chemicals

AG Healey Announces Record-Setting $20 Million Settlement by Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche for Knowingly Selling Illegally Polluting Cars and SUVs

Brookline Man and His Companies Sued for Abandoning Protected Farmland in Sandwich

AG Healey Joins Coalition of State AGs, Local Governments in Defense of EPA's Clean Power Plan

AG Healey Calls on FERC to Weigh Gas Needs, Pending Projects as Part of Review of Kinder Morgan Pipeline

Conservation Law Foundation (2011-2015)

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