National Animal Law Competition (NALC)
2011 Special Thanks
We could not put this event together without the help we receive from many, many individuals and institutions. We owe them a huge thanks and appreciate all that they do!
In particular, we would like to thank the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) for their incredible support. We are grateful for our ongoing collaboration with ALDF and for the significant work individuals at ALDF put into the National Animal Law Competitions (NALC). We could not put this event together without them.
We also owe a huge thanks to The Bob Barker Endowment Fund for the Study of Animal Rights at Harvard Law School. We greatly appreciate its continued financial support of NALC. Thank you to Mr. Bob Barker himself for his unwavering support of the animal law field and for being a visionary in animal law education.
Thank you also to the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) at Harvard Law School (HLS) for all of their hard hard work on this event and for hosting each year! In particular, we’d like to thank HLS SALDF President Jessica Rostoker. It’s no small feat to organize this event from across the country and we sincerely thank them for their “on the ground” support.
We would also like to give a shout out to past HLS SALDF President Justinian Doreste for his incredible work last year and for setting us up right to make 2011 our best year yet.
We owe another special thanks to William Howell in Harvard’s Dean of Students Office and to Jessica Pittenger along with the entire team in Harvard’s Events Office. They all help us put NALC together and make it a success. We could also never forget our friends in Harvard’s Mail Services, Ron Andrews in particular, for their help with the many heavy packages they receive and hold on our behalf until the competitions. Thank you!!
A special thank you also goes to Dean Robert Klonoff of Lewis & Clark Law School, not only for his tremendous support of NALC, but of the Animal Law Program at Lewis & Clark.
We, of course, thank all of the student competitors, their coaches, advisers, schools, etc. along with our guest judges for all of their hard work and for traveling many miles to be a part of NALC.
Last but far, far from least, a HUGE thank you goes to the individuals who take time out of their very busy schedules to volunteer their expertise to write the problems and grade briefs, fact sheets, etc. Those individuals are:
Appellate Moot Court Competition:
- Susan Hightower, Adjunct Professor in Animal Law, The University of Texas School of Law (primary author of the 2011 problem);
- Sonia Waisman, McCloskey, Waring & Waisman LLP (problem co-author, primary author of bench brief & brief grader);
- Joan Schaffner, The George Washington U. Law School (problem co-author & brief grader);
- Carter Dillard, Animal Legal Defense Fund (brief grader);
- Tanith Balaban, Gordon & Rees LLP (brief grader); and
- Denise Luk, Center for Animal Law Studies Fellow (problem editor).
Closing Argument Competition:
- Scott Heiser, Animal Legal Defense Fund (co-author of the 2011 problem); and
- Megan Senatori, DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. (co-author of the 2011 problem).
Legislative Drafting & Lobbying Competition:
- Nancy Perry, The Humane Society of the United States (primary author of the 2011 problem); and
- Stephan Otto, Animal Legal Defense Fund (problem editor).