The following resources were prepared for the LL.M. candidates who are working on their final writing requirement, but they may also be helpful to anyone working on agricultural and food law scholarship projects: 

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• Advanced Writing Requirement Summary 2026-27

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• Advanced Writing Syllabus Fall 2026​

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• Excellent article on writing a law review article: Shari Motro, The Three-Act Argument: How to Write a Law
  Article That Reads Like a Good Story, University of Richmond (2015)

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• For LL.M. candidates, we will meet via zoom on Fridays at noon. 

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• Powerpoint presentations and recordings from class will be posted here. 

 

• Introductory Presentation (Aug. 28) note that this file has been edited to correct an error in the final slide, Plan for the Semester)

• Topic Selection and How to Get Started (Sept. 4) 

• Online Research Resources Through Young Law Library (Sept. 11)

• Plagiarism (Sept. 18)

• Citation of Sources (Oct. 2)

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Topic Schedule for Fall Semester

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Week 1 (August 28, 2026)

• Introduction to the LL.M. Writing Requirement

• Introduction to Specialized News/information sources

• Lessons Learned from the Past: Tips on Avoiding Problems

Week 2 (September 4, 2026)

• Topic Selection

Week 3 (September 11, 2026)

• Online research tools available through the Young Law Library

Week 4 (September 18, 2026)  Meet at 12:30 instead of noon

• Plagiarism and the Copy/Paste Trap

Week 5 (September 25, 2026) Class cancelled

Week 6 (October 2, 2026)

• Citation Basics: Using Primary Authority and citing using the Bluebook

• Developing a Timeline for Completion

Week 7 (October 9, 2026)

• Strategy and Problem Solving: Students report on their progress

Week 8 (October 16, 2026)

• AI Technology and Legal Scholarship

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Student Drafts Due October 26

 

Weeks 9 - 14 (October 23, 2026 to November 20, 2026)

• No class meeting; individual conferences at the request of our  students 

• We are all available to help! 

 

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Resources:

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Agriculture and Food Law Resource Guide

Compiled by Emily Stone, JD (2022), LL.M. (August 2023)

 

 

General Government Organizations -

• U.S. Department of Agriculture - https://www.usda.gov/

• Food and Drug Administration - https://www.fda.gov/

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - https://www.fao.org/home/en/

• Congressional Research Service - https://crsreports.congress.gov/

• USDA Economic Research Service - https://www.ers.usda.gov/

• USDA National Agricultural Library - https://www.nal.usda.gov/

• CDC Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network - https://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/index.html

• Foodsafety.gov - https://www.foodsafety.gov/

• United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture - https://agriculture.house.gov/

• United States Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/

• European Union Common agricultural policy - https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy_en

 

Food Law and Policy Resources –

• World Health Organization: Food Safety - https://www.who.int/health-topics/food-safety/#tab=tab_1

• The Academy of Food Law & Policy - https://www.academyflp.org/scholarship

• Center for Food Safety - https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/#

• Eldis - https://www.eldis.org/

• Food & Water Watch - https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/learn/research/

• Food Research & Action Center - https://frac.org/research

• Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - https://www.foodrisk.org/

• National Conference of State Legislatures, Food Safety - https://www.ncsl.org/environment-and-natural-resources/food-safety

• Food Trust - https://thefoodtrust.org/

• Healthy Food Policy Project - https://healthyfoodpolicyproject.org/

• International Food Policy Research Institute - https://www.ifpri.org/publications/search

• ReFed - https://refed.org/

• Waste 360 - https://www.waste360.com/

• Feed The Future - https://www.feedthefuture.gov/

• Institute of Food Technologists - https://www.ift.org/policy-and-advocacy/policy-developments

 

Agriculture Law and Policy Resources –

• Food Farming and Sustainability - https://www.foodfarmingsustainability.com/

• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology - https://www.cast-science.org/

• The National Agricultural Law Center - https://nationalaglawcenter.org/

• National Conference of State Legislatures, Agriculture and Rural Development - https://www.ncsl.org/agriculture-and-rural-development

• Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy - https://www.iatp.org/

• Roots of Change - https://www.rootsofchange.org/

• Rural Health Information Hub - https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/

• National Association of State Departments of Agriculture - https://www.nasda.org/

• Farmers’ Legal Action Group - http://www.flaginc.org/topics/

 

Legal Publications–

• Journal of Food Law & Policy - https://law.uark.edu/jflp/index.php

• Drake Journal of Agricultural Law - https://aglawjournal.wp.drake.edu/

• Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law - https://law.uky.edu/current-students/journals/kentucky-journal-equine-agriculture-and-natural-resources-law

• San Joaquin Agriculture Law Review

• Food and Drug Law Journal - https://www.fdli.org/resources/food-drug-law-journal/

 

Educational Institutions with Agriculture or Food Focus –

• Drake University Law School, Agricultural Law Center - https://www.drake.edu/law/clinics-centers/aglaw/

• Harvard Law School, The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic - https://chlpi.org/food-law-and-policy/

• Iowa State University, Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation - https://www.calt.iastate.edu/

• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley Food Institute - https://food.berkeley.edu/

• University of Maryland, Agriculture Law and Education Initiative - https://umaglaw.org/

• Michigan State University, Institute for Food Law and Regulations -  https://www.canr.msu.edu/iflr/index

• Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems - https://www.canr.msu.edu/foodsystems/resources/

• Ohio State University, Agriculture Law and Taxation - https://farmoffice.osu.edu/

• Penn State Law, Center for Agricultural and Shale Law - https://aglaw.psu.edu/

• Vermont Law School, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems - https://www.vermontlaw.edu/academics/centers-and-programs/center-for-agriculture-and-food-systems

• UCLA, Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy - https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/resnick-center-food-law-policy

• University of Connecticut, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health - https://uconnruddcenter.org/

• Hunter College, New York City Food Policy Center - https://nycfoodpolicy.org/

• Stanford University Center on Food Security and the Environment - https://fse.fsi.stanford.edu/research_at_fse

• Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - https://clf.jhsph.edu/

• University of Wyoming’s College of Law, Rural Law Center - https://www.uwyo.edu/law/centers/rural-law-center/

 

Food and Ag News Publications –

-   Food Fix - https://foodfix.co/recent-editions/

• Food Safety News - https://www.foodsafetynews.com/

• Civil Eats - https://civileats.com/

• Agri-pulse - https://www.agri-pulse.com/

• Morning Ag Clips - https://www.morningagclips.com/

• Weekly Agriculture, POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-agriculture

• Food Policy, POLITICO - https://www.politico.com/news/food-policy

• Food & Environment Reporting Network - https://thefern.org/

• Delish - https://www.delish.com/food-news/

• Food Business News - https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/

• Food Dive - https://www.fooddive.com/

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