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Committee records no objection to gender‑neutral Rules of Evidence update

Vermont Legislature Joint Judicial Rules Committee · October 16, 2024
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Summary

The Joint Judicial Rules Committee reviewed and recorded no objection to a promulgated change to the Vermont Rules of Evidence that removes gendered pronouns and assumptions from the rules, a change presented by Judge Dixon Corbett and described as uncontroversial.

Dixon Corbett, chair of the Vermont Rules of Evidence Committee, told the committee that the Rules of Evidence underwent a comprehensive review in 2024 and that the committee removed gendered pronouns and…

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