Nicole Cook

Nicole Cook
Environmental and Agricultural Faculty Legal Specialist
Agriculture Law Education Initiative (ALEI)
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
UMES Extension 
Email: nlcook@umes.edu
Phone: 410-651-6182

Education:
University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR, Master of Laws (LL.M.), Agriculture and Food Law
Concentrations in Federal Regulation of Food Safety; Federal Regulation of Food Labeling; Intellectual Property & Food Production; Agricultural Biotechnology; Urban Agriculture Law & Policy; The Right to Food (International Human Rights Law); Agriculture Policy & the Federal Budget; Business & Human Rights (Corporate Social Responsibility); Agricultural Policy and the EU; Regulated Markets in Agriculture; Federal Nutrition Law & Policy. 

Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA, Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Secondary concentration in Biochemistry

Extension Publication:
Nicole Cook, Managing legal risks to grow your urban farm, in FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING: STRATEGIES FOR URBAN FARM SUCCESS.(Neith Little ed., 2019).

Professional Affiliations:
American Agricultural Law Association
American Bar Association, International Law, Food and Agriculture Task Force, Programming Committee Vice Chair

Maryland State Bar Association, Agricultural Law Section

Areas of Expertise:
Nicole focuses much of her work on food safety, risk management planning, urban agriculture, aquaculture, new and beginning farmer sustainability planning and preparation, and farm marketing and intellectual property.