Pace Food and Agriculture Law LLM Graduate Fellow

Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law is hiring a Food and Agriculture LawGraduate Fellow. The Fellow will work part time with the Pace Food Law Center and the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic while working towards an LLM in Environmental Law.

About the Pace Food Law Center and the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic

The Pace Food Law Center supports legal services and advocacy, academic scholarship, and student learning. The Center's legal services and advocacy projects support the transition to a just and sustainable food system by providing direct legal services to small farm and food businesses and related nonprofits through the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic; offering focused legal training; and advocating for systemic policy changes at the local, state, regional, and federal levels. The Center supports the development of food law scholarship, seeking to advance understanding of the role of law in shaping the food system. And in all its programming the Center offers opportunities for students to engage in food law, including through coursework, clinical work, externship placements, career counseling, and research opportunities.

The Food and Farm Business Law Clinic provides pro bono transactional legal services to small farm businesses, artisan food manufacturers, craft beverage entrepreneurs, and related nonprofit organizations. Under faculty supervision, law students in the Clinic represent clients in connection with forming and structuring businesses, cooperatives, and nonprofits; drafting and negotiating legal agreements, including leases, operating agreements, and other commercial contracts; advising on regulatory matters, including related to food regulation and land use regulation; and seeking trademark protection, among other areas of practice. By providing pro bono legal representation to its clients, the Clinic seeks to facilitate the development of a more just and sustainable regional food system and economy. At the same time, by teaching fundamental lawyering skills and professionalism through hands-on legal work and client interaction, the Clinic seeks to transform law students into practice-ready professionals.

Since 1978, Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law has provided an internationally acclaimed environmental legal education. Our dedicated faculty have been pioneers in developing and implementing environmental law and continue to serve as national and world leaders in the field. Our alumni are at work in law firms, government environmental agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and law schools and universities across the country and around the world. We offer more than 40 environmental law courses. We are the only one of the top environmental law programs less than an hour away by train from New York City and two hours away by air from Washington, DC, providing students with easy access to outstanding practice opportunities. For more information, visit law.pace.edu/environment.

Responsibilities of Fellow:

• Assist with the Clinic's legal work
• Assist with the Clinic's client intake, referrals to other professionals, and case management system
• Conduct research on food law and policy matters for the Center
• Develop and maintain the Center and Clinic websites, social media pages, and other media
• Assist with conferences, meetings, and publications
• Work on new program initiatives as they are developed and implemented
• Other projects and duties as assigned