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Partners in Justice Fundraising Contest for Vermont Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice a Huge Success Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Bar Foundation ended its most successful Access to Justice campaign in terms of dollars and donors in February, 2021. The campaign got a boost this year by its inaugural Partners in Justice contest. The contest came about as a way to have some good-natured fun by having law firms compete against each to see which firm could raise the most money and which could have the highest percent of staff giving. The firm with the largest donation, isn’t even a ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Nine Vermont municipalities, including Northfield and Shrewsbury, are being sued because of a claim they have been prohibiting or restricting access to public government records, citing COVID-19 concerns, according to a lawsuit filed in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington. The lawsuit has major statewide implications because the final ruling could impact how taxpayers can get proper access to all kinds of public records stored in town halls across Vermont. It also could determine how more than 240 municipal clerks and their staffs will be required to provide service du...

BURLINGTON — A Vermont Superior Court judge agreed Friday to conduct a trial in late January about whether municipal clerks must keep offices open to the public in need of access to government records during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nine Vermont municipalities — ranging from tiny Whiting in Addison County to bustling South Burlington in Chittenden County — are named in a lawsuit that maintains they are among a large number of communities that have made it impossible or difficult to get access to important land records required for real estate sales. The plaintiff, the Connecticut...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BURLINGTON — A Vermont Superior Court judge agreed Friday to conduct a trial in late January on whether municipal clerks must keep offices open to the public in need of access to government records during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nine Vermont municipalities — ranging from tiny Whiting in Addison County to bustling South Burlington in Chittenden County — are named in a lawsuit that maintains that they are among a large number of communities that have made it impossible or hard to get access to important land records required fo...