Second Annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference

Hosted by the Agricultural & Food Law Consortium

 

April 17, 2015

Memphis, Tennessee

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

 

Agriculture in the Mid-South is uniquely impacted by changes and developments in state, federal, and international laws and policies.  This program is part of a long-term effort to provide relevant and timely agricultural and environmental legal research and information to attorneys, lenders, accountants, tax consultants, students and other agricultural professionals involved in the agriculture and aquaculture industries in the southern U.S.   The goal is to provide resources in the form of presentations and content, as well as to foster dialogue about the range of agricultural, food, and aquaculture issues for the Mid-South agricultural community.

Led by the National Agricultural Law Center, the Agricultural & Food Law Consortium is a national, multi-institutional collaboration designed to enhance and expand the development and delivery of authoritative, timely, and objective agricultural and food law research and information.  In that capacity, Consortium members have organized and are hosting this conference.

 

Topics and Speakers:

 

“Agricultural & Environmental Law Update:  Recent Trends and Developments”

Stephanie Showalter Otts, Director, National Sea Grant Law Center

Peggy Kirk Hall, Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program, The Ohio State University

Ross Pifer, Director, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Agricultural Law Resource & Reference Center, Penn State Law

Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney, National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

“2014 Farm Bill for Practitioners, Lenders, and Other Ag Professionals”

Anne Hazlett, Republican Chief Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Greg Cole, President and Chief Executive Officer, AgHeritage Farm Credit Services

 “USDA National Appeals Division 101:  What You and Your Farm Client Need to Know”

Amanda Urbanek, Deputy Assistant Director, USDA-National Appeals Division, Southern Region

 “Farm Succession & Estate Planning for Mid-South Agriculture”

Robert Serio, Serio & Bishop (Clarendon, Arkansas)

Stan Miller, McChain, Miller, & Nissman (Little Rock, Arkansas)

“Ethical Considerations for Farm Clients”

John Dillard, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC

 “Easement Negotiation 101: Focus on Gas Pipelines and Energy Transmission Lines”

Peggy Kirk Hall, Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program, The Ohio State University

Ross Pifer, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Agricultural Law Resource & Reference Center, Penn State Law

 

 

Time, Date, and Location:

 

 Friday, April 17

8:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

1 North Front Street

Memphis, TN 38103

 

Cost:

 

Attendees seeking continuing education credit (CLE/CE): $150

Other attendees, not seeking professional credit: $100

Students: $25

 

Continuing Education:

 

The program has been approved in Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee for 5 hours of general continuing legal education credit and one hour of ethics credit.

The program has been approved in Arkansas for 6 hours of real estate continuing education.