February 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - Ukraine: Randolph Herald: Emily Wetherell was a Peace Corps environmental facilitator/educator in the Ukraine

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Emily Wetherell was a Peace Corps environmental facilitator/educator in the Ukraine

Emily Wetherell was a Peace Corps environmental facilitator/educator in the Ukraine

Emily Wetherell was a Peace Corps environmental facilitator/educator in the Ukraine

New Faculty at Vt. Law School

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Emily Wetherell, currently a law clerk for the Vermont Supreme Court, will serve as visiting assistant professor of legal research and writing in 2005-2006. She received her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from VLS in 2004, where she was senior managing editor of the Vermont Law Review.

Wetherell served as a summer associate and law clerk, for firms in Washington and Burlington. From 1998-2000, she was a Peace Corps environmental facilitator/educator in the Ukraine. She received her B.Sc. degree with honors from Queens University in Ontario, Canada.





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