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2023 Sustainable Food & Farming Program Clerkship
Earthjustice
“Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food and Farming Program engages in litigation and advocacy to improve our nation’s food system, from crop selection and farming practices to food processing and sustainability. Working in partnership with communities, advocacy groups, scientists, and others, we fight for safe and healthy food, climate-friendly farming, reduced reliance on dangerous pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and animal farms — not animal factories.”
Position Type: 10-week Summer Clerkship
Pay: $1,280/ week stipend
Application Deadline: September 23, 2022
Location: New York, NY
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Summer Legal Intern
Washington State Senate Committee
Intern Duties Senate Committee Services assigns interns to one or more of the Senate standing committees with consideration given to the needs of the committees and the interests and experience of the interns. FLSN students are encouraged to apply for the Agriculture, Water, Trade, & Economic Development Committee. Interns conduct non-partisan legal, fiscal, and policy research for the committees and may draft legislation and give presentations before legislative committees.
Position Type: Summer Internship
Pay: Paid Position
Location: Olympia, WA
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Full-Time Jobs
Clinical Instructor
Food Law & Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
Reporting to the Clinic Faculty Director and working with clinic staff, the Clinical Instructor (CI) will bring experience and interest in food justice, food systems, and social justice to their work in the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC). This will include activities related to clinical teaching of Harvard Law School students, management of food policy projects, and policy client representation. The CI will be responsible for supervising, mentoring, and teaching students enrolled in the Clinic as they work on complex policy projects; will manage several high-profile FLPC projects on topics including food loss and waste and food access and security; and will develop and manage partnerships with external partners, coalitions, and communities in the food policy arena.
Basic Qualifications: JD Degree required, earned at least three years ago and a minimum of three years relevant
experience and admitted to a state bar.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position. The salary range is $81,000-$138,400 (Grade 58).
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Attorney Advisor (General)
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The incumbent will be an attorney with an interest in and commitment to civil rights, labor, and employment law. The incumbent will provide legal written and oral advice, research, analysis, and interpretation of federal laws, and perform other legal services as assigned. The incumbent must have strong oral and written skills in communicating with diverse clients and stakeholders, demonstrate an attention to detail, an ability to collaborate, and a strong work ethic for a fast pace environment.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Deadline: September 12, 2022
Location: Washington D.C.
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Litigation Attorney
Legal Impact for Chickens
“Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC) is a 501(c)(3) litigation nonprofit. We work to make factory-farm cruelty a liability.
LIC was founded in June 2021 by attorney and animal advocate, Alene Anello. We’re looking for our next hire—An entrepreneurial litigator to help stand up for animals!”
The role involves creative impact litigation and helping support the growth and success of LIC, which is a new non-profit. Advancement opportunities (in the form of a senior position) are available as LIC grows.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: The salary range is $70,000-$100,000, depending on years of litigation experience.
Location: Remote, United States-based. Must be able to travel for work as needed because the litigation is national.
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Program Coordinator – Law Clinic
Pace Law School
The Food and Beverage Law Clinic is a legal clinic housed in the Elisabeth Haub School of Law’s John Jay Legal Services, a not-for-profit legal services office that represents low-income individuals and community organizations in Westchester County. The Clinic provides pro bono transactional legal services to small farms and food and beverage businesses and nonprofits, with legal work primarily performed by law students under the supervision of the Clinic’s Director and Staff Attorney.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law is offering a program coordinator position in its Food and Beverage Law Clinic. The Program Coordinator will report to and work with the Food and Beverage Law Clinic’s Director and Staff Attorney.
Position Type: Full-Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: White Plains, NY
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Counsel, Labor & Employment
Conagra Brands
Reporting to the Vice President, Chief Counsel – Labor & Employment. You will provide legal support for labor and employment law activities in the company’s manufacturing and corporate locations, principally within the United States. You will partner with other members of the Legal & Government Affairs and Human Resources teams, especially those supporting Supply Chain operations.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: Chicago, IL
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Intellectual Property Counsel – Trademarks
General Mills
General Mills seeks a trademark attorney to join its intellectual property team. Our team believes that as a branded food company, General Mills wins when we continuously deliver expected and new, remarkable experiences to our consumers in a way that connects the experience in the consumer’s mind to our brands. Our IP team operates holistically from ideation to realization of those experiences. We guide the company to protect and leverage the inventions that create the experiences and the brands to which they attach. This role is an integral part of that effort.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Counsel
General Mills
General Mills seeks an attorney to provide legal support to a range of teams globally, including its Supply Chain Sourcing functions (with particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating agreements relating to ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, engineering, equipment, and construction), its Corporate Sourcing and Marketing Sourcing teams, and its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity team.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Corporate Counsel – Employment
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American pork producer and food-processing company. This position provides legal advice to the Company and generally assists the Law Department and individual business units with a wide range of labor and employment matters. The attorney reports to the Company’s Associate General Counsel for Labor and Employment and works closely with other members of the Law Department and individual business units to achieve business objectives within acceptable risk profiles. The attorney performs duties consistent with legal and ethical requirements as well as Company values, standards, culture, and business practices.
Position Type: Full Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: Smithfield, VA
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Legal & Compliance Manager
Foremost Farms USA
“Under the direction of and reporting to the Corporate Controller, the Legal Manager performs various tasks to safeguard the interest of the organization through legal means. This role helps to ensure compliance with various organizational legal requirements such as regulatory reporting, bank compliance, and Board activities.”
Position Type: Full-Time
Pay: Salaried Position
Location: Baraboo, WI
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