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On October 27, Schreiner University Provost and VICE
President for Academic Affairs Dr. Charlie McCormick and Vermont Law School
Associate Dean Kathy Hartman signed an agreement between the two schools
that will guarantee admission to VLS to any Schreiner student who meets the
agreed upon criteria. The agreement is the first of its kind between
Schreiner and a major national law program. VLS has had the top program in
the nation in environmental law for 11 consecutive years and also offers
international law, energy law and a Master’s degree in Environmental Law &
Policy. It has joint degree programs with law schools in France, Spain,
Italy, Mexico and China, which enable its students to obtain licenses to
practice law in other countries.
“This articulation agreement with the Vermont Law School is more evidence
that Schreiner University continues to expand its recognition and impact
well beyond the Hill Country,” said Dr. McCormick. “It is doing so in order
provide our students—many of them Hill Country natives—access to
opportunities that are as vast as their imaginations.”
The agreement came as the culmination of several months work between VLS and
Schreiner’s Social Sciences Department, which includes pre-law studies.
“It expands the opportunities available to our students in fields that will
be highly marketable in coming years,” said Dr. Anne Berre, Schreiner
instructor of business, who initiated the discussions between the
institutions this past summer. VLS awarded Dr. Berre its 2009 Environmental
Law and Policy Scholarship.
Dr. Steven Ellers, chair of the Department of Social Sciences, said,
“Schreiner is building one of the finest legal and political preparatory
programs in this region. Schreiner students graduating with its Bachelor of
Arts degree in political science have enjoyed a 100 percent success rate in
gaining admission to graduate programs over the past five years.” |
