- Graduate Diploma – U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, 2000
- LL.M. – The Judge Advocate General’s Law Center & School, Military Law, 1994
- LL.M. – Georgetown University Law Center, International & Comparative Law, 1990
- J.D. – University of Maine School of Law, 1986
- B.A. – University of Vermont (UVM), Zoology, 1983
BIO
Jody was an active-duty military attorney for 25 years, with operational tours in Bosnia (Summer 1996) as the NATO operational claims chief in Sarajevo, and in Afghanistan (2008-2009) as the chief legal advisor for the military forces in Afghanistan. He also had tours in Germany, Norway, and Alaska, and taught at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Since he retired from the Army in 2011 he has been working as a federal attorney, and he has taught as a lecturer at UVM since 2012.
His research, writing, and presentations focus on military ethics and leadership; the intersection of gender inequality, climate change, and armed conflict; and education and training in the law of armed conflict. Jody is both on the board of advisors and a faculty member of the Miller Center for Holocaust Studies. His writings include Empirical Assessment in IHL Education and Training (Anthem, 2021); Armed Conflict, Women and Climate Change (Routledge, 2018); and Ordinary Soldiers: A Study in Law, Ethics and Leadership (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2014).
Courses
- CIS 1010, Cybersecurity Law & Policy – No cybersecurity; no sustainability. This course was designed from the beginning as a sustainability course. Within its coverage of cybersecurity laws, regulations, and policies, the course also introduces students to the human and environmental impacts of IT devices and applications, and their role in dealing with climate change and environmental degradation. The course is also designated as a civil learning course, because the students are linked up with community mentors who coach them as role players in the tabletop cybersecurity exercise that is run in the course.
- NR 3940, Energy & Climate Law – This course explores the legal and regulatory regimes that impact the use of traditional forms of energy such as coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power, and the legal and regulatory challenges that newer forms of energy such as solar and wind power face as they seek greater shares of the global energy market in a time of climate change hastened by traditional fuel use. In partnership with Vermont Law & Graduate School’s Institute for Energy & the Environment, students work on service-learning research questions that flow from the work the institute does on renewable energy projects.
- SEP 3990, Biodiversity Law – This is one of the newest areas of law, and it is developing quickly both here in the U.S. and in other countries. This course introduces students to the entire range of biodiversity law, from the international level at the UN, in the EU, and in South Africa, through the U.S. and state level, all the way down to the municipal level in Hinesburg. In partnership with the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, students complete a service-learning project assessing the refuge’s management efforts for its species of concern.
Bio
Jody was an active-duty military attorney for 25 years, with operational tours in Bosnia (Summer 1996) as the NATO operational claims chief in Sarajevo, and in Afghanistan (2008-2009) as the chief legal advisor for the military forces in Afghanistan. He also had tours in Germany, Norway, and Alaska, and taught at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Since he retired from the Army in 2011 he has been working as a federal attorney, and he has taught as a lecturer at UVM since 2012.
His research, writing, and presentations focus on military ethics and leadership; the intersection of gender inequality, climate change, and armed conflict; and education and training in the law of armed conflict. Jody is both on the board of advisors and a faculty member of the Miller Center for Holocaust Studies. His writings include Empirical Assessment in IHL Education and Training (Anthem, 2021); Armed Conflict, Women and Climate Change (Routledge, 2018); and Ordinary Soldiers: A Study in Law, Ethics and Leadership (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2014).
Courses
- CIS 1010, Cybersecurity Law & Policy – No cybersecurity; no sustainability. This course was designed from the beginning as a sustainability course. Within its coverage of cybersecurity laws, regulations, and policies, the course also introduces students to the human and environmental impacts of IT devices and applications, and their role in dealing with climate change and environmental degradation. The course is also designated as a civil learning course, because the students are linked up with community mentors who coach them as role players in the tabletop cybersecurity exercise that is run in the course.
- NR 3940, Energy & Climate Law – This course explores the legal and regulatory regimes that impact the use of traditional forms of energy such as coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power, and the legal and regulatory challenges that newer forms of energy such as solar and wind power face as they seek greater shares of the global energy market in a time of climate change hastened by traditional fuel use. In partnership with Vermont Law & Graduate School’s Institute for Energy & the Environment, students work on service-learning research questions that flow from the work the institute does on renewable energy projects.
- SEP 3990, Biodiversity Law – This is one of the newest areas of law, and it is developing quickly both here in the U.S. and in other countries. This course introduces students to the entire range of biodiversity law, from the international level at the UN, in the EU, and in South Africa, through the U.S. and state level, all the way down to the municipal level in Hinesburg. In partnership with the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, students complete a service-learning project assessing the refuge’s management efforts for its species of concern.
Office Hours: Henderson’s Café and MS Teams by Appointment
Office Location: Small table next to the book rack in Henderson’s Café