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Laurie Beyranevand ’03

Titles

  • Director, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems
  • Professor of Law

Degrees

  • JD, Vermont Law School, 2003
  • BA, Rutgers College, 1999

Contact

Phone: 802-831-1030

Biography

Laurie J. Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and a Professor of Law at Vermont Law and Graduate School. The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems trains law and policy students to develop real–world solutions for a more sustainable and just food system.

Professor Beyranevand received a BA from Rutgers College in 1999 and a JD from Vermont Law School in 2003. She clerked in the Environmental Division of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marie E. Lihotz in New Jersey. Prior to joining the faculty at Vermont Law School, Professor Beyranevand was a Staff Attorney at Vermont Legal Aid where she represented adults and children in individual cases and class action litigation advocating for access to health care, education equality, and civil rights. In that capacity, she appeared in state and federal court, as well as before administrative adjudicative bodies, and served as an appointed member of the Human Rights Committee.

Professor Beyranevand has published a number of scholarly articles and book chapters that focus on the connections between human health and the food system. Her work has been cited in petitions to major federal agencies, books, blogs, and articles, and she has been quoted in Politico, Mother Jones, the Christian Science Monitor, Climate Wire, the Washington Post, and E & E Greenwire, among others.

She is an appointed member of the Food and Drug Law Institute and Georgetown Law School’s Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board, a founding member of the Academy of Food Law and Policy, and the Chair Elect of the Agriculture and Food Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She is admitted to the New York and Vermont State Bars, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Vermont.

As a first generation American with Iranian and Appalachian roots, diverse food and culture have always been prominent in Professor Beyranevand’s life symbolizing the power of food in bringing people together.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

  • Administrative Law
  • Food Law and Policy
  • Health Law

Departments

  • Center for Agriculture and Food Systems
  • Environmental Law Center

Courses Taught

  • Communication, Advocacy and Leadership
  • Environmental Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Writing and Advocacy
  • Food Regulation and Policy
  • Independent Research Project
  • Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation
  • Introduction to Legal Studies
  • LLM Research Project
  • MELP Externship
  • Public Law