Peggy Kirk Hall has been appointed the Paul L. Wright Chair in Agricultural Law in the Department of Extension, effective March 1, 2026, to Feb. 28, 2031. This appointment is subject to approval by the Ohio State Board of Trustees.
The Paul L. Wright Chair Fund in Agricultural Law was established on Sept. 22, 2006, by the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University, with gifts from Paul L. Wright and others. Distribution supports a tenure-track faculty position in Extension, as well as continuing education and seminars/workshops for current students in the Michael E. Moritz College of Law, students in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, and Extension educators.
Peggy is an associate professor and director of the Agricultural and Resource Law Program for Extension’s Farm Office team. Hall conducts research and outreach on legal issues affecting agriculture, land use, and resource development, and teaches agribusiness law.
Peggy earned her BS and MS degrees from The Ohio State University in natural resource policy and earned her juris doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law, where she was Casenote Editor for the Land and Water Law Review. Before joining Ohio State, Hall practiced with Wright & Logan LPA in Dublin, Ohio, and she served as a staff attorney with the Michigan United Conservation Clubs in Lansing, Michigan.
Please join us in congratulating Peggy Kirk Hall.