Brown Bag Law Program Wraps Up

• Citation: Vol. 50 No. 1
• Publication year: 2024

Brown Bag Law Program Wraps Up Vol. 50 No. 1 Pg. 12 Vermont Bar Journal March 2024

WHAT'S NEW That's a Wrap! VBA's Brown Bag Law Program Has Covered All UBE Subjects - Recordings Available in the Digital Library

By Kim Velk, Esq.

Vermont is one of the few states that continues to offer a path to attorney licensing through an apprenticeship program. Vermont's venerable law office study (LOS) program is run by the Vermont Judiciary. Qualified participants study 25 hours a week for four years with a Vermont attorney or a judge to prepare for the bar exam. The parameters and requirements of the program are set out in Rule 7 of the Rules of Admission to the Bar of the Vermont Supreme Court. Currently there are currently 51 students registered in Vermont's LOS program.

In February of 2023, the VBA launched the "Brown Bag Law Program" to provide instruction on bar exam subjects to LOS students. The UBE tests in some combination of: Business Associations, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, Real Property, Secured...