Animal Law: Events

This brochure lists prior Clinic sessions.
Tip: The brochure can help researchers to identify animal law scholars & professionals from many countries. Then, researchers can search by an author's name in Scilit, SSRN or Google Scholar to try to identify material written by a specific scholar or professional. Researchers also can search Google for an author's CV.

Tip: Researchers can view recordings from the "primarily virtual" Animal Law Review Symposium 2023: Hold Your Horses: Legal Protections for Equines. The Symposium description stated: "Speakers will be presenting on a variety of issues relating to legal protection of equines. Topics will include wild horses, horse racing, slaughter, and more."
Tip: Researchers also can view recordings from prior Animal Law Review Symposia. Virtual Animal Law Symposium 2022 focused on: Coexistence with Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest; Advancing Equity in Animal Advocacy; Animal Ethics, Animal Law, and Social Justice; The Fight for a Sustainable Food System; & How Far We’ve Come. 

Tip: Researchers can review sessions from Virtual Animal Law Symposium: Criminal Justice (May 5-6, 2023). Researchers also can view recorded programs from prior Animal Law Symposia. For each program, there also are links to suggested "Resources."
Sept. 24, 2022: Virtual Animal Law Symposium 2022 (co-hosted w/ George Washington University Law School's Animal Legal Education Initiative) focused on: The Legal Significance of the Challenge to California’s Prop 12; The Ongoing Battle Against Ag-Gag Laws; Animal Cognition Research: The Cornerstone of Nonhuman Legal Rights; Legal Pathways to the Courts for Animals; & Rights of Nature and Animals: Advances and Setbacks.

Mar. 24, 2023: Held inaugural free Spring Symposium. This Symposium's description states: "Anthropocene is the name for our current geological age in which human activity is the dominant factor impacting climate, the environment, and non-human animals. The goal of this Symposium is to provide space to consider scholarship that addresses what this means for nonhuman animals."

Recordings of numerous past events (including lectures from the annual Harvard Animal Law Week) are available.
Tip: Click tab: VIDEOS. Filter videos by date (such as 2023) or by category (such as: Animal Law Week 2023).

Sept. 16-18, 2022. Note: Recordings of presentations from the 2022 conference are not available here.
Tip: The schedule & speaker list can aid researchers in identifying animal law scholars & professionals. Then, researchers can search by an author's name in Scilit, SSRN or Google Scholar to try to identify material written by a specific scholar or professional. Researchers also can search Google for an author's CV.

Tab: Events highlights upcoming & recently held conferences, workshops & the "Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy" series.
May 16, 2023: Matthew Liebman, Associate Professor and Chair of the Justice for Animals Program, University of San Francisco School of Law, will speak on "Animal Plaintiffs.” A recording also will be made.
2022 conference presentations from the most recent annual European Animal Rights Law Conference (Sept. 17-18, 2022) are available at https://animalrightslaw.org/conferences + through a link to a YouTube conference playlist. Presentations focused on four themes: Foundations of Animal Rights; Animals’ Changing Legal Status; Farmed Animals & Food Justice; & The Constitutional Turn in Animal Rights.

If European Institute for Animal Law & Policy plans to host a free event, a description & registration link likely will appear here.
Tip: This site includes helpful publications. Example: On Jan. 10, 2023, this Institute hosted "Chick and Duckling Killing: Achieving an EU-Wide Prohibition" in the European Parliament. The White Paper "Chick and Duckling Killing: Achieving an EU-Wide Prohibition" (Jan. 11, 2023) is now publicly accessible at this site.

Recorded on Mar. 9, 2023. Several authors of chapters in Global Animal Law Research: Strategies and Resources (2022) participated in the American Society of International Law's free, publicly accessible online program: Global Animal Law Research. Program panelists discussed: "the legal framework for companion animals in a global context, the protection of animals in areas of armed conflict, marine mammal protection in the United States, and legal rights for animals in India."

Feb. 19-25, 2023. ALDF invites law student chapter members to join its new Animal Legal Defense Fund Education Center. Those who register can enroll to access the National Justice for Animals 2023 Project Kit (providing "activity suggestions, resources, ideas, and action items to plan and host events throughout NJFAW.")
Tip: ALDF also provides student chapter project grants & guidelines to apply for these grants.

This is a link to the publicly accessible 2022 video on "Defining Justice" [for animal victims] & related sources.

On Feb. 16, 2023 New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee co-sponsored: "By the Book: A Conversation with Professor Jeff Sebo, Author of Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes." BLS Library now provides this book.
Note: Recent 2023 virtual programs have been free for New York City Bar members & non-lawyers. For virtual programs, this website has stated: "Non-lawyers please call Customer Relations at 212-382-6663 to register."

On Mar. 16, 2023, Animal Rescue Law 2023 provided an update on animal rights & personhood. There were additional presentations on: migratory geese & the Jamaica Bay; wild turkeys of Staten Island; litigation re. New York City's ordinance banning foir gras; and New York's Markets Law/whether this law addresses animal cruelty.
Link: Tuition Assistance states: "Tuition assistance is available for live courses and video replay programs (held at NYCLA) by application, and will be extended to unemployed attorneys, employees in the public sector and attorneys who can establish financial hardship." Requirement: Apply for tuition assistance at least one week prior to the date of the desired program.

On Jan. 27, 2023, NYU's Wild Animal Welfare Program held its launch event: "How can humans improve our interactions with wild animals at scale?" This roundtable discussion featured program directors Becca Franks & Jeff Sebo + program affiliates Christine Webb, Colin Jerolmack & Dale Jamieson. Discussion topics included: "Why does wild animal welfare matter more than ever? What are the most urgent and actionable issues confronting wild animals? How does wild animal welfare relate to conservation biology and other fields?" A recording of this discussion is now available. Tip: Check here for future events.