LLM in Food and Agriculture Law Degree Requirements
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LLM in Food and Agriculture Law Degree Requirements
​​​​Required courses are subject to change. For more information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: registrar@vermontlaw.edu.​
An overview of this degree, including other details, can be found here.
30 Credits
REQUIRED COURSES All of the following courses: | ||
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Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
LLM9606 | LLM Graduate Seminar | 3 |
ENV5105 | Administrative Law | 3 |
ENV5108 | ​​Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy | 3 |
FOOD & AGRICULTURE ELECTIVE COURSES At least six (6) credits from the following list of energy elective courses: | ||
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Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
ENV5380 | Food Regulation & Policy | 3 |
ENV5381 | Local Farm and Food Law in Practice | 3 |
ENV5383 | Food Justice & Sustainability | 2 |
ENV5385 | Global Food Security | 2 |
ENV5401 | Agriculture and the Environment | 3 |
ENV5408 | Law of Animals in Agriculture | 3 |
ENV5410 | The Farm Bill | 2 |
ENV5411 | Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture​ | 3 |
ENV5478 | Global Food Security and Social Justice | 3 |
ENV5479 | Law and Policy of Local Food | 3 |
ENV5540 | Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy | 2 |
ENV | Representing Farmers and Food Producers | 2 |
GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES At least three (3) credits from the following list of general elective courses: | ||
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Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
ENV5115 | Environmental Law | 3 |
ENV5125 | Land Use Regulation | 3 |
EXPERIENTIAL/WRITING REQUIREMENT Must at least one of the following; zero credit minimum: | ||
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Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
LLM Thesis or Research Project on a Food/Ag Topic | 2-6 | |
LLM Externship | 4-10 | |
Center for Agriculture and Food Systems research associate program | 2+ | |
CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | 4​ |
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Remaining electives may be chosen from the courses and experiential options listed above and from the following list of approved courses.
ELECTIVE COURSES​​ | ||
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Course Title | Credits | |
ADR6405 | ´¡°ù²ú¾±³Ù°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô​â¶Ä‹ | 2 |
ADR6410 | Alternative Dispute Resolution​​ | 3 |
ADR6412 | ²Ñ±ð»å¾±²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô​â¶Ä‹ | 2 |
ADR6415 | Environmental Dispute Resolution​​ | 3 |
ADR6420 | ±·±ð²µ´Ç³Ù¾±²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô​â¶Ä‹ | 2 |
ADR6450 | Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar​​ | 2 |
​B±«³§6262 | Social Enterprise Law​​ | 2 |
BUS6305 | Non-Profit Organizations​​ | 3 |
BUS6350 | Non-Profit Management​​ | 2 |
CLI9302 | Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM students only) | 6 |
CLI9326 | Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM only) | 6 |
CLI9405 | Dispute Resolution Clinic I​​ | 4 |
CLI9427 | Energy Clinic | 4 |
CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | 4 |
CLI9437 | Avanced Energy Clinic | 4 |
CLI9450 | Land Use Clinic (JD or LLM students only) | 6 |
DIV7620 | Native Americans and the Law​​ | 3 |
DIV7628 | Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment​​ | 2 |
ENV5105 | Administrative Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5108 | Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy | 3 |
ENV5110 | Ecology of Food and Agriculture​​ | 3 |
ENV5112 | Science for Environmental Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5115 | Environmental Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5125 | Land Use Regulation​​ | 3 |
ENV5205 | Air Pollution​​ Law and Policy | 3 |
ENV5209 | The Law of Toxics and Hazardous Substances | 3 |
ENV5210 | CERCLA Liability and Cleanup | 3 |
ENV5212 | Climate Change and the Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5220 | Environmental Economics and Markets​​ | 3 |
ENV5223 | Environmental Governance in the Developing World | 2 |
ENV5226 | Energy Law and Policy in a Carbon-Constrained World​​ | 3 |
ENV5228 | Energy Regulation, Markets and the Environment | 3 |
ENV5229 | Environmental Issues in Business | 3 |
ENV5230 | Global Energy Law and Policy | 2 |
ENV5235 | Natural Resources Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5239 | Land Transactions and Finance​​ | 3 |
ENV5245 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
ENV5246 | Water Quality​​ | 3 |
ENV5250 | Watershed Management​​ and Protection | 3 |
ENV5303 | Advanced Energy Writing Seminar​​ | 2 |
ENV5305 | Environmental Ethics​​ | 2 |
ENV5306 | Comparative Environmental Law Research​​ | 2 |
ENV5310 | Environmental Health Law​​ | 2 |
ENV5335 | Extinction and Climate Change​​ | 2 |
ENV5336 | Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation | 2 |
ENV5342 | Legal Adaptations to Global Warming | 2 |
ENV5343 | Climate Change Adaptation in Human Systems | 2 |
ENV5344 | Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy | 2 |
ENV5346 | New Frontiers in Environmental Policies | 2 |
ENV5349 | Regulating the Marine Environment​​ | 2 |
ENV5350 | Risk Assessment | 2 |
ENV5356 | Scientific Controversies​​ | 2 |
ENV5365 | Climate Change: the Power of Taxes​​ | 2 |
ENV5375 | Global Energy Justice | 2 |
ENV5381 | Local Farm and Food Law in Practice | 3 |
ENV5401 | Agriculture and the Environment | 3 |
ENV5405 | Ecosystem Conservation Strategies​​ | 2 |
ENV5406 | Animal Rights Jurisprudence​​ | 2 |
ENV5408 | The Law of Animals in Agriculture | 2 |
ENV5410 | The Farm Bill | 2 |
ENV5411 | Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture | 2 |
ENV5423 | Ocean and Coastal Law​​ | 3 |
ENV5430 | ·¡³¦´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â​â¶Ä‹ | 3 |
ENV5446 | Environmental Justice​​ | 2 |
ENV5449 | Environmental Litigation Workshop | 2 |
ENV5462 | Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study​​ | 3 |
ENV5468 | Oil and Gas Production and the Environment​​ | 2 |
ENV5474 | Land Conservation Law​​ | 2 |
ENV5478 | Global Food Security and Social Justice​ | 2 |
ENV5479 | Law and Policy of Local Food Systems​ | 2 |
ENV5500 | Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions​​ | 2 |
ENV5510 | Essentials of the Electric Grid​​: Engineering | 1 |
ENV5521 | Earth Law​​ | 2 |
ENV5540 | Public Health Implications of U.S. Ag and Food Policy​​ | 2 |
ENV5561 | ​Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​ | 2 |
ENV5564 | ​Peace, War and the Environment​ | 2 |
ENV5561 | Environmental Enforcement and Compliance​​ | 2 |
ENV | Representing Farmers and Food Producers | |
GPP7819 | Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (JD students only) | 2 |
INT7412 | Law of the European Union | 2 |
INT7414 | European Union Law Trento | 2 |
INT7421 | International Environmental Law​​ and Policy | 3 |
INT7440 | Comparative U.S.-China Environmental Law​​ | 2 |
INT7445 | European Community Environmental Law | 2 |
INT7446 | International Trade and the Environment​​ | 2 |
INT7450 | International Investment Arbitration and the Environment | 2 |
JUR7307 | Culture and the Environment​​ | 2 |
JUR7330 | Moral Philosophy for Professionals | 2 |
JUR7333 | Animal Law and Ethics | 3 |
PUB7510 | ³¢±ð²µ¾±²õ±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô​â¶Ä‹ | 3 |
PUB7525 | Legislative Clinic​​ | 6 |
WRI7380 | Advanced Environmental Legal Research​​​ | 1 |