Navigating Vermont’s patchwork of land-use rules, environmental permitting, and industry licenses can be daunting—but it doesn’t have to slow your momentum. Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School for an overview of some of Vermont’s most-asked permitting and compliance questions for small businesses. We will cover DEC permitting such as stormwater, wastewater, and air emissions; local zoning and Act 250; hazardous waste; plus, the spectrum of licenses and certifications required by the state.

Bring your regulatory headaches to this live Q&A, to explore them together.

Presenters – Jeannette Eicks is an adjunct faculty member at Vermont Law and Graduate School.  She was formerly the Director of the Center for Legal Innovation, and founded the Entrepreneurial Legal Lab, now known as the Vermont Small Business Law Center. As the Associate Dean of Graduate and Lifelong Learning Programs at The Colleges of Law, she directs their innovative Master of Arts in Law degree program with concentrations in Business Operations, Entrepreneurship, Emerging Law, and Technology. She teaches eLawyering, Data Security and Breach, Emerging Technology and the Law, and AI and the Law. 

Nicole Killoran originally hails from Alaska and Utah, but Vermont is now her home. She graduated Vermont Law School in 2012. After graduation, she practiced with a firm in litigation, land use, Act 250, landlord-tenant, property, and bankruptcy law. In 2017, Nicole returned to VLS and joined the JD Externship Program. Today she directs the Small Business Law Clinic and the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Vermont Law and Graduate School, a private, independent institution, is home to a law school that offers ABA-accredited residential and online hybrid JD programs and a graduate school that offers master’s degrees and certificates in multiple disciplines, including programs offered by the Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment, the Center for Justice Reform and other graduate-level programs emphasizing the intersection of environmental justice, social justice and public policy. Both the law and graduate schools strongly feature experiential clinical and field work learning.