The Northwest Chocolate Festival 2026

America loves chocolate, and chocolate mirrors our nation back to us through law: chocolate engages human rights and environmental law, Constitutional and corporate and criminal law, intellectual property and consumer and food protections, rights of women and of indigenous peoples, and multiple additional areas along with Supreme Court and other judicial opinions, federal and state statutes, FDA and Customs regulations, and fundamental notions of ethics, life, liberty, and happiness. Our upbeat and interactive session will include a chocolate tasting of small-batch U.S. brands as we explore chocolate through law and mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Students will be graded on a written paper analyzing a topic of law and chocolate -- just kidding: you get an "A" (and chocolate!) for attending!