Jessica
Vapnek
Associate Dean of the MSL Program, Director of the International Development Law Center, Lecturer-in-Law
- Office 388-200
- Email Address vapnekjessica@uchastings.edu
- Telephone +1 (415) 565-4801
Biography
Jessica Vapnek is Associate Dean of the MSL Program, Director of the International Development Law Center, and Lecturer-in-Law at UC Hastings. Previously, she was a Regional Technical Director for a consulting firm in San Francisco implementing rule-of-law projects around the world. In that role she managed complex international projects and helped write winning proposals. Previously, for almost 15 years, Professor Vapnek served as a Legal Officer with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, providing policy advice to member countries, drafting legislation on agriculture and natural resources, and writing and editing a number of articles and books. Professor Vapnek has lived in Africa (she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the former Zaire and a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana) and has worked in or traveled to 93 countries during her career. She continues to do occasional work for the UN as an expert, for example travelling to Bhutan and Malawi to review their veterinary legislative frameworks and to Nepal to evaluate a proposed draft food safety law. She speaks French, Spanish, and Italian.
Expertise
Education
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University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
J.D.
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Yale University
B.A.
Accomplishments
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Editor in Chief
California Law Review
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Fulbright Scholar
Ghana
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Fulbright Scholar
Poland
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Peace Corps Volunteer
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Selected Scholarship
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Drafting National Food Legislation in a Globally Connected World, with Melvin Spreij 2023
RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL FOOD LAW (Michael Roberts, ed.)
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Food and Agriculture in Policy 2021
BUSINESS & PUBLIC POLICY HANDBOOK, Edward Elgar
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Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks for Family Farming 2021
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Regulatory and Legislative Framework for Novel Foods, in Food Formulation: Novel Ingredients and Processing Techniques 2021
Wiley-Blackwell
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Agricultural Legislation in International Legislative Drafting Handbook 2020
Carolina Academic Press
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Gender-Silent Drafting in a Non-Binary World 2020
Capital Law Review 48:2
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Regulating the Packaged Water Industry in Africa: Challenges and Recommendations 2018
20 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 217
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Resolving Disputes and Improving Security in Post-Conflict Settings: An Example from Liberia 2017
Arbitration - The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management
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Cultural Factors and Ethical Integrity 2016
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
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Improving Access to Justice in Developing and Post-Conflict Countries: Practical Examples from the Field 2016
Duke Forum for Law & Social Change
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21 Cost-Saving Measures for the Judiciary 2013
International Journal for Court Administration
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Legislative and Regulatory Options for Animal Welfare 2011
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Law for Water Management: A Guide to Concepts and Approaches 2009
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Legislatively Establishing a Health Certification Programme for Citrus 2009
FAO Legal Papers Online
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Regulatory Measures Against Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 2009
FAO Legal Papers Online
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Designing National Pesticide Legislation 2007
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Legislative Implementation of the Food Chain Approach 2007
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
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Development of an Analytical Tool to Assess Biosecurity Legislation 2007
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Guidelines for the Revision of National Plant Protection Legislation 2007
FAO Legal Papers Online
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Recent Trends in the Law and Policy of Bioenergy Production, Promotion and Use 2007
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Making National Food Laws 2005
Rivista di Diritto Agrario (Agrarian Law Review)
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Perspectives and Guidelines on Food Legislation, with a New Model Food Law 2005
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Law and Sustainable Development Since Rio: Legal Trends in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management 2002
FAO Legislative Study Series
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Implementation of Management Plans 1999
Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water: A Guide to their Public Health Consequences, Monitoring, and Management
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Institutional and Legal Measures to Combat African Swine Fever 1999
FAO Legal Papers Online
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Establishing a Water Abstraction Licensing Scheme: Issues and Options 1999
FAO Legal Papers Online
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The West African Drug Mule Train 1996
Criminal Law Bulletin
