NALC’s Elizabeth Rumley earns award from American Ag Law Association
By Drew Viguet
National Agricultural Law Center
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Nov. 13, 2023
Fast facts:
- NALC’s Elizabeth Rumley awarded the Excellence in Agricultural Law Award for academia from the American Agricultural Law Association
- The award recognizes outstanding work, contributions to the legal profession, ag community
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — National Agricultural Law Center Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth
Rumley was honored at the American Agricultural Law Association’s 44th Annual Educational
Symposium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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On Nov. 11, the association recognized Rumley for her outstanding contributions to
the legal profession and agricultural community with its 2023 Excellence in Agricultural
Law Award for academia.
“It is an honor to receive this recognition of my work from the American Agricultural
Law Association,” Rumley said. “AALA is a wonderful organization for anyone who is
interested in the intersection of agriculture and law. It connects agricultural law
and policy professionals, providing great resources and insight into the field, along
with excellent networking opportunities.”
Rumley has been an attorney at the NALC since 2007. Her work focuses on legal issues
in animal agriculture, and she frequently lectures on those issues and others to audiences
nationwide. Further, she teaches courses in Environmental Law and Legal Issues in
Animal Agriculture through the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, & Life
Sciences at the University of Arkansas. In conjunction with that work, Rumley is an
adjunct faculty member in the University of Arkansas’ Center of Excellence for Poultry
Science, Animal Science Department and the Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Department. Additionally, she is on the advisory board of the University of Arkansas
System Division of Agriculture’s Tyson Center for Food Animal Wellbeing.
Rumley has a B.A. from Michigan State University. She earned her J.D. cum laude from
The University of Toledo College of Law, and an L.L.M in agricultural and food law
from the University of Arkansas School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in
Michigan, Ohio and Oklahoma.
“The NALC is very proud of Elizabeth and the exceptional work that she does,” NALC
Director Harrison Pittman said. “I can’t think of a more fitting recipient of this
recognition.”
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About the National Agricultural Law Center
The National Agricultural Law Center serves as the nation’s leading source of agricultural
and food law research and information. The NALC works with producers, state and federal
policymakers, Congressional staffers, attorneys, land grant universities, and many
others to provide objective, nonpartisan agricultural and food law research and information
to the nation’s agricultural community.
The NALC is a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and
works in close partnership with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural
Library.
About the Division of Agriculture
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen
agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption
of best practices. The Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work
within the nation’s historic land grant education system through the Agricultural
Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service.
The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas
System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.
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Media contact:
Drew Viguet
Communications & Special Projects Coordinator
National Agricultural Law Center
dviguet@uark.edu