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Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Emeritus Director of the Agricultural Law Center; Emeritus Professor of Law

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Email: neil.hamilton@drake.edu

Areas of Expertise

Agricultural Law, Land Use, Legislation, Food and the Law, Environmental Regulation of Agriculture, Wind Law

Education

  • JD, University of Iowa, Order of the Coif
  • BS, Iowa State University, with honors and distinction

Selected Publications

  • Keeping the Farm and Farmer in Food Policy and Law, 11 Journal of Food Law & Policy 9 (2015).
  • Farms, Food, and the Future: Legal Issues and Fifteen Years of the “New Agriculture”, 26 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 1 (2011).
  • America's New Agrarians: Policy Opportunities and Legal Innovations to Support New Farmers, 22 Fordham Environmental Law Review 523 (2011).
  • Farming an Uncertain Climate Future: What COP 15 Means for Agriculture, 2011 University of Illinois Law Review 341.
  • The Legal Guide to Direct Farm Marketing (Drake University Agricultural Law Center, 1999).

Significant Accomplishments

  • Member of the Board of Directors for the Iowa National Heritage Foundation
  • Past president of the American Agricultural Law Association
  • Chair of the Iowa Food Policy Council (2000-2007)
  • Past chair of the Agriculture Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools
  • Vice chair of the USDA Small Farms Advisory Committee (1997-2000)