Food Law and Policy Clinic
Student Work
Student Work
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School advocates for legal, regulatory, and policy reforms to improve the health of vulnerable populations. CHLPI is a clinical teaching program that houses the Health Law and Policy Clinic (HLPC) and the Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), and mentors students to become skilled, innovative, and thoughtful practitioners as well as leaders in health, public health, and food law and policy.
Students in the fall Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) enroll in the fall Food Law & Policy seminar, while students in the spring FLPC enroll in either the spring Food Law & Policy seminar or the spring Policy Advocacy Workshop.
You can read evaluations from past clinical students in the Helios Org Search using this link.
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The Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) provides students with the opportunity to practice using legal and policy tools in order to address the health, environmental, and economic impacts of our food system. Clinic projects aim to increase access to healthy foods, prevent diet-related diseases, assist small farmers and producers in participating in food markets, and reduce the waste of healthy, wholesome food.
How to Register
How to Register
FLPC is offered in the Fall and Spring semesters. You can learn about the required clinical course component, clinical credits and the clinical registration process by reading the course catalog description and exploring the links in this section.
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In the News
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Food Law and Policy Clinic News and Program Updates
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COVID-19 While Colored—Police Departments Have a New Profiling Tool Health Departments Provide Police with Addresses of Those Who Test Positive for COVID-19
Continue Reading about COVID-19 While Colored—Police Departments Have a New Profiling Tool Health Departments Provide Police with Addresses of Those Who Test Positive for COVID-19Even as Black and Brown communities continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, officials appear to be working at cross purposes to a national movement to ensure members of minority communities have access to testing by sharing the names and address of those who test positive with first responders—including sheriffs and police.
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Letter: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, 100+ Organizations Urge GOP Officials to Drop Case Threatening the Affordable Care Act
Continue Reading about Letter: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, 100+ Organizations Urge GOP Officials to Drop Case Threatening the Affordable Care ActGiven the enormous challenges posed by the novel coronavirus, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI), Protect Our Care, and a broad coalition of over 100 organizations called on Attorney General William Barr and Republican officials from 18 states to drop their Supreme Court lawsuit imperiling the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a letter sent Wednesday.
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Faculty and Staff
Emily Broad Leib (Clinical Professor of Law and Clinic Director)
Emma Scott (Clinical Instructor)
Melissa Shapiro (Clinical Instructor)
Ariel Ardura (Clinical Fellow)
Esther Akwii (Clinical Fellow)
Joseph Beckmann (Clinical Fellow)
Laura Johnston (Administrative Director)
Aiza Khan (Faculty Assistant to Emily Broad Leib)
Food Law and Policy Contact Information
Contact
Food Law and Policy Clinic
1607 Massachusetts Ave
4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
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