Also called: Ag Law Attorney, Farm & Ranch Lawyer
Handles the legal side of farming: land deals, water rights, farm succession, contracts, and environmental rules.
You help a family pass their 100-year-old ranch to the next generation without losing it to taxes, then review a contract between a chicken grower and a poultry company. In the West you might spend weeks in court fighting over water rights.
Lawyers overall; small-town ag practices often pay less than big-city firms.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 7 years after high school. Bachelor's plus a 3-year law degree (JD) and passing the bar; some schools offer ag law LLMs.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Economics, Political Science, Pre-Law.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Lawyers overall.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts contracts and does legal research, squeezing junior work; advising farm families and court work stay human.
Classes: English, Speech or debate, AP Government, Agriculture business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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