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Announcement from the Maine Law Review (edited for this post): On February 23, 2013, the Maine Law Review organized a day-long conference in Portland, Maine devoted to discussing emerging issues in food law and policy.  This conference, Colloquium:  Local Food, Global Food:  Do We Have What It Takes to Reinvent the U.S. Food System? brought together more than a dozen legal scholars from around the country, including some from our Agricultural Law bloggers. The audience was comprised of members of the legal community, policymakers, farmers, and community organizers.  The conference became a forum for exploring the many ways in which people are challenging conventional thinking about U.S. food systems, and the hurdles they face in so doing. To continue to facilitate the exchange of ideas about these important and relevant issues, the Maine Law Review has devoted much of Volume 65:2 to legal scholarship on food law and policy. The spring volume, which includes sixteen essays on a diver

The  LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law  at the University of Arkansas School of Law has two remaining teaching assistantship positions that are available to attorneys with practice experience. In exchange for adjunct teaching one course per semester, the attorney receives a full tuition waiver and a small stipend. The LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law is the only advanced legal degree program that integrates agricultural and food law in the United States. It covers the full range of issues, from traditional farming and ranching to urban agriculture; from agribusiness to farmers markets. It addresses the interests of consumers, producers, processors, and retailers.  This unique curriculum attracts attorneys from throughout the United States and the world, with alumni serving as leaders in private practice, government, industry, public policy, advocacy, and academia. For information about our alumni placement and accomplishments and to learn more about the Program,