Alumni Spotlight

Lewis & Clark Law School has been a leader in Animal Law for almost two decades. We are proud of our alumni and are pleased to present Alumni Spotlight honoring exceptional graduates in the Animal Law field. It is appropriate that our inaugural Spotlight features two pioneering women who played instrumental roles in developing the Animal Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Nancy Perry - Class of 1995

Vice President, Government Affairs at The Humane Society of The United States

Accomplishments at Lewis & Clark include:

* Founded the first-ever Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

* Created the annual Animal Law Conference

* Co-founded the first law journal dedicated to animal issues -Animal Law Review

Laura Ireland Moore - Class of 2001

Partner, Gibbons & Ireland, LLP

Accomplishments at Lewis & Clark include:

* Founded the National Center for Animal Law

* Established the Animal Law Clinic

* Developed the Animal Law Moot Court, Closing Argument and Legislative Drafting & Lobbying Competitions

The following is a short excerpt from a larger piece written by Bobbie Hasselbring about the Center for Animal Law Studies. The full-length piece is scheduled to appear in the next issue of Lewis & Clark, The Chronicle Magazine.

Historically, the Animal Law program at Lewis & Clark Law School has been the product of student drive and initiative. Students first identified Animal Law as a substantive and emerging field of law that deserved attention. They formed the initial collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) to form the first student ADLF chapter. It was Lewis & Clark students who demanded more scholarship in the form of the Animal Law Journal and the annual Animal Law Conference. It was students who wanted practical expereience in the Animal Law Clinic, the summer program and moot court competitions. And it was students who thought there should be a center that would bring together Animal Law resources for scholars, students and practitioners.

If you are an alumni of Lewis & Clark Law School and were involved with Animal Law, please let us know what you are up to today. We would love to hear from you! Call us at (503)768-6960 or email us at cals@lclark.edu.