Sponsors and Donors
20th Annual Conference
Sponsors & Donors
The Center for Animal Law Studies, the Lewis & Clark Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapter, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund were co-sponsors of this conference. Thank you to everyone who makes this event possible!
We would also like to thank Compassion Flows, Uncle Paul’s Produce Market and Vega for providing in-kind donations.
Conference Planning Board
Taylor Duty
2L, Lewis & Clark Law School
Pamela Frasch
Assistant Dean, Animal Law Program; Executive Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School
Previously, Dean Frasch was general counsel for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and in 1996, she created the ALDF Criminal Justice Program which has since assisted law enforcement and animal advocates in investigating and prosecuting thousands of animal abuse and neglect cases nationwide.
In addition to her duties with CALS, Dean Frasch is co-editor of the first casebook in the field, Animal Law, Cases and Materials now in its fourth edition (Carolina Academic Press, 2010), and co-author of Animal Law in a Nutshell (Thomson West, 2010). She has taught survey and advanced courses in animal law at Lewis & Clark Law School since 1998 and co-authored (with Professor Kathy Hessler and Megan Senatori) the amicus brief submitted in the U.S. v. Stevens case on behalf of 45 law professors who teach animal law.
Dean Frasch is a frequent speaker on issues of animal law and is the principal author of Oregon’s first felony anti-cruelty law. She has authored or co-authored many articles and book chapters in the field, and has been recognized by the Humane Society of the United States and the Oregon Humane Society for her contributions.
Kathy Hessler
Director and Clinical Professor of Law, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School
Kathy Hessler is a clinical professor of law and director of the only animal law clinic in the country. She is the first faculty member hired to teach animal law full time in a law school. She received her LLM from Georgetown University Law Center and graduated with a JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
Prior to teaching at Lewis & Clark, Professor Hessler taught in clinical programs at Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cornell Law School, the University of Dayton Law School, the Capital University School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center.
She has been an animal activist and vegan since the late 1980’s. She has been an advisor to the journal Animal Law since 1998, and is currently a SALDF faculty advisor. She coaches the animal moot court teams, and has been teaching Animal Law directly since 2001 and as a part of nonviolence courses beginning in 1989. She was a board member with ALDF and helped found the Animal Law Committee of the Cuyahoga County Bar. She was the chair and a founder of the Animal Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She co-authored (with Pamela Frasch and Megan Senatori) the amicus brief submitted in the U.S. v. Stevens case, on behalf of 45 law professors who teach animal law. She co-authored Animal Law in a Nutshell (with Pamela Frasch, Sarah Kutil and Sonia Waisman) and has written numerous other law review and other articles and she is co-authoring two new books on animal law.
Professor Hessler lectures widely on animal law and animal law education issues in the US and beyond.
Jaclyn Leeds
3L, Lewis & Clark Law School
Diane Lenkowsky
2L, Lewis & Clark Law School
Lauren McDonald
2L, Lewis & Clark Law School
Liberty Mulkani
Event Coordinator, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School; Founder, Liberated Productions
In 2007, she earned her Masters of Education with an emphasis in humane education through Cambridge College and the Institute for Humane Education. She also manages the office for a film equipment company, Telescopic Camera Crane, and serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Humane Society. She lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her husband and two rescued cats.
Nicole Pallotta
Student Liaison, Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
Event Coordinator:
Liberty Mulkani
lmulkani@lclark.edu