KU law school focuses on international trade and agriculture

The University of Kansas School of Law is launching a new center that, according to the University’s press release, “will bring together scholars, practitioners, policymakers and students around the study and practice of international trade and agriculture.”

The Center for International Trade and Agriculture will be launched during an event on April 9, 2010 where Rep. Jerry Moran (KS) will deliver a keynote luncheon address. “The program honors Keith Meyer, the E.S. and Tom W. Hampton Professor of Law, who joined the law faculty in 1969, has taught agricultural law since 1975 and will retire in May.” Rep. Moran is responsible for securing the $100,000 of federal money that will fund the center during the first four years.

The center “aims to promote key issues in international trade and agriculture through research and outreach in Kansas and around the world.” The center will host visiting scholars, sponsor interdisciplinary conferences, and educate and train law students through coursework in this area of the law. The center will explore the synthesis between international trade and agriculture.

KU law faculty member Raj Bhala, Rice Distinguished Professor, and professor of law John Head will lead the center.

To learn more about the new center at KU, click here to see the press release.

Posted: 02/08/10