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Area of law

Agriculture & Food Law

Law from the farm to the table.

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What this area covers

Agricultural and food lawyers work on farm finance, land, labor and trade, and on the safety, labelling and marketing of food.

Also called: Agricultural Law, Food Law, Food Law and Policy, Food and Agriculture Law.

Typical legal work

  • Advising farms and agricultural businesses
  • Counselling on food safety and labelling
  • Working on farm policy and programs

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Federal, state and local government
  • In-house legal departments
  • Nonprofit and advocacy organizations

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Agriculture & Food Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

7 schools · 2 certificates · 2 clinics · 5 centers and institutes

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Business Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.American Bar Association. Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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