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Word about the new Agriculture Law program IU McKinney is launching in partnership with Purdue University has made headlines. Amy Cornell, ’06, and a graduate of Purdue University, has been retained as a consultant and will assemble a steering committee to build the program.

News of the program hit websites like Farms.com, as well as Agriculture Industry Today, and Hoosier Ag Today.

In addition, word of the program also made the news on National Public Radio affiliate WBAA in West Lafayette, Inside Indiana Business, the Indiana Lawyer, and the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Cornell has an extensive background in agriculture law and earned an LL.M. in agricultural and food law from the University of Arkansas School of Law. She is a member of the American Agricultural Law Association and served as policy advisor and counsel for Indiana Farm Bureau before joining the government relations and strategic communications firm Bose Public Affairs Group. Cornell has served there since 2016, is of counsel in the firm's agribusiness group, and was named vice president in September. She was recently chosen by her peers to serve on the board of the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, a group dedicated to promoting the highest degree of professional and ethical conduct when working with government entities.

A steering committee will meet over the course of the next two years to determine the needs of the agriculture market, what needs aren't being met, and what employers and students are asking for, Cornell said. The program will be designed based on those factors.