Animal Law Certificate for J.D.s

Lewis & Clark J.D. students may now earn an Animal Law Certificate.  The Animal Law Certificate option is open to all current 1Ls and 2Ls  (and all subsequent classes entering after 2012).  The current 3Ls have the option of earning the Environmental Law Certificate with an Animal Law Emphasis.  In order to qualify for the Animal Law Certificate, students must meet the following requirements:

  Animal Law Certificate Requirements

• Students must take both Administrative Law (100) and Animal Law Fundamentals (449 A) plus 8 additional credits of approved animal law courses.
• • Summer animal law courses qualify.
  • Several environmental law courses qualify.
• Students must also write two substantial papers on approved animal law topics.
• Students must maintain an overall minimum GPA of 2.70.
• Only three ungraded credits may be applied towards certification.

 

Animal Law Course Options

4 of the 8 required credits must come from the course list below:

• Any course from the Summer Intensive Animal Law Program (2 credits each)
• Advanced Animal Law Seminar (2 credits)
• Advanced Animal Law Clinic (up to 3 credits)
• Animals in Agriculture: Law & Policy (2 credits)
• Animals in Commerce (2 credits)
• Animal Cruelty: The Link to Domestic Violence Law & Policy (2 credits)
• Animals in Entertainment (2 credits)
• Animal Law: Advanced Legal Research (2 credits)
• Animal Law Clinic  (up to 3 credits)
• Animal Law Litigation (2 credits)
• Animal Law Litigation, Legislation and Lobbying (2 credits)
• Animal Law Philosophy & Development (2 credits)
• Animal Law Review (up to 3 credits)
• Animal Rights Law & Jurisprudence (2 credits)
• CIS: Animal Law Legislation (4 credits)
• Comparative Animal Law (2 credits)
• Crimes Against Animals: Law & Policy Seminar (2 credits)
  
• Emerging Law: Policy & Politics of Companion Animals (2 credits)
• Endangered Species Act (2 credits)
• Equine Law (2 credits)
• First Amendment Issues in Animal Law (2 credits)
• General Counsel Topics: Animal Law (2 credits)
• Externship: Animal Law (up to 3 credits)
• Independent study (1-3 credits)
• International Wildlife Law (2 credits)
• Law of Humane Science (2 credits)
• Moot Court: Animal & Environmental Advocacy (3 credits)
• Moot Court: NALC Closing Argument (1-2 credits)
  
• Moot Court: NALC Legislative Drafting & Lobbying (1-2 credits)
• Pacific Salmon Seminar (2 credits)
• State Regulation of Animals (2 credits)
• Transactional Approach to Animals (2 credits)
• Wildlife Law (3 credits)

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