2009-11-12

Schreiner U finalizes agreement with Law School

Contributed

Schreiner University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Charlie McCormick and Vermont Law School (VLS) Associate Dean Kathy Hartman recently signed an agreement that will guarantee admission to VLS to any Schreiner student who meets agreed upon criteria.

The agreement, finalized on Oct. 27, 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. The school also offers international law, energy law and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Law and Policy. It also 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 McCormick. “It is doing so in order provide our students – many of them residents of the Hill Country – access to opportunities as vast as their imaginations.”

The agreement culminated 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. Berre initiated discussions between the institutions this past summer. VLS awarded Berre its 2009 Environmental Law and Policy Scholarship.

Dr. Steven Ellers, chairman of the Department of Social Sciences, noted, “Schreiner is building one of the finest legal and political preparatory programs in this region.”