Master of Food and Agriculture Law and Policy (MFALP) Degree Requirements

Credit requirements below are for students starting the degree in Fall 2023 and beyond.*
Students who started prior to Fall 2023 should refer to the Academic Regulations for their catalog year.

*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 ».

34 credits

Required Courses All of the following courses:
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
FAA5108	Intro to Law and Policy of Food and Agriculture	3
REQ7186	Legislation and Regulation Survey	3
POL5510	Intro to Policy Research and Writing (waived for JD students)	3
POL5520	Quantitative Analysis	2
POL5530	Policy Design	3

Required Non-credit Modules
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
EJU5100	Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
POL5100	Public Participation
POL5200	Professional Identity Formation
POL5300	Negotiation and Consensus-Building

Students must choose either Research or Practice Track

Research Track

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

POL5700

Thesis Seminar I

3

POL5701

Thesis Seminar II

1

Practice Track At least one of the following courses:
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	MFALPExternship
CLI9302	Environmental Advocacy Clinic (JD students only) (on a food/agriculture topic)
CLI9318	Environmental Justice Clinic (on a food/agriculture topic)
CLI9321	Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (on a food/agriculture topic)
CLI9427	Energy Clinic (on a food/agriculture topic)
CLI9428	Food and Agriculture Clinic
ENV5535	Transnational Environmental Practicum (on a food/agriculture topic)

Food and Agriculture Elective Courses At least nine (6) credits from the following list of food and agriculture courses:
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
ANM5307	Animals and the Law	3
ANM5422	Animal Welfare Law	2
EJU5378	Land Use and Racial Justice	3
ENV5245	Water Resources Law	3
ENV5246	Water Quality	3
ENV5472	Law of Ecosystem Management	2
ENV5540	Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy	2
FAA5238	Global Sustainability Field Study	1
FAA5324	Conservation Agriculture Policy	1
FAA5362	Representing Farmers and Food Producers	2
FAA5380	Food Regulation and Policy	3
FAA5381	Local Farm and Food Law in Practice	3
FAA5383	Food Justice and Sustainability	2
FAA5385	Global Food Security	2
FAA5401	Agriculture and the Environment	3
FAA5408	Law of Animals in Agriculture	3
FAA5410	The Farm Bill	2
FAA5411	Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture	3
FAA5478	Global Food Security and Social Justice	3
FAA5479	Law and Policy of Local Food Systems	3
INT7435	International Law of Food	2
INT7446	International Trade and the Environment	2

Elective Courses
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
ADR6405	Arbitration	2
ADR6410	Alternative Dispute Resolution	3
ADR6412	Mediation	2
ADR6415	Environmental Dispute Resolution	3
ADR6420	Negotiation	2
ADR6450	Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar	2
BUS6262	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	Ecology	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	Legislation	3
PUB7525	Legislative Clinic	6
WRI7380	Advanced Environmental Legal Research	1

Note: This page is offered as a quick, simplified glance of a complex topic. Please consult the Academic Regulations for full and official degree requirements.