Susan Schneider is the William H. Enfield Professor of Law and the Director of the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She grew up on a family farm in Minnesota and throughout her 30+ year career as an attorney and law professor, she has advocated for a better food system, first through her work on behalf of family farmers and then through her leadership in food law & policy. She is the author/editor of the book Food, Farming and Sustainability, now available in its third edition and has authored dozens of law review articles spanning the full spectrum of agricultural and food law topics.

For over a decade, Professor Schneider has provided the annual Food Law Update at the AALA annual symposium. She has served as President of the AALA and as a member of the Board; she is the recipient of the AALA Distinguished Service award and multiple AALA writing awards. Closest to my heart is that she and Professor Kelly Nuckells are the current official advisors of the University of Arkansas’ Journal of Food Law & Policy which just celebrated its twentieth year of publication (and is currently accepting articles and essays for publication consideration for those who are interested).

Professor Schneider is a graduate of St. Catherine’s University (B.A. Phi Beta Kappa), the University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude) and the University of Arkansas School of Law (LL.M.). She lives with her husband, fellow law professor Christopher Kelley in a cabin in the Ozark Mountains, while also maintaining a residence on the family farm in Minnesota.