Food Law Center

Activities

• Educating students and the public by developing courses, seminars, symposia and other programming
• Engaging a variety of stakeholders to promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas about food and society
• Creating and promoting employment opportunities in food industries and public advocacy organizations

Past events

• Trends in FDA Enforcement: What We’re Seeing Today, June 2018
• Working as a Lawyer at the FDA and a Food Company with Greg Thompson, Chief Food Law Counsel, General Mills, April, 2018
• Menu Labeling and Other Food Labeling Laws, Dec., 2017
• Food Sustainability,

Food law courses

• Food Law with David Graham (fall 2020)
• Food Labeling and Marketing Law (spring 2021)
• Food Fight: The Art and Science of Foodborne Illness Litigation with Ryan Osterholm and Brendan Flaherty (J-term 2018)

Recommended courses

• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law

Food law resources

• Food Law Student Network
• Harvard Food Law & Policy Career Guide
  100-page guide last updated in November 2017
• Minnesota State Bar Association Food, Drug & Device Section
• 5 New Practice Areas Your Firm Should Start, Law360.com
• FDA Law Blog
• The Ag & Food Law Blog
• Schroeder Ag Law Blog
• A Seat at the Table
• The Food Law Firm

Faculty and Staff

Thaddeus Mason Pope
Director, Health Law Institute
Professor of Law

Barbara Colombo ’89
Director, Health Care Compliance Program
Assistant Teaching Professor

Megan Bohlman
Program Administrator, Health Law Institute