CALS News & Events
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Hira Jaleel Joins CALS Team as Animal Law Teaching Fellow
A Fullbright Scholar and Animal Law LLM Alum (’20, Pakistan), Hira will support the Animal Law Program in her new role.
Celebrating Two Years of Championing Wild Animals and Wild Spaces
The Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment is celebrating its second anniversary.
CALS Welcomes Animal Law Program Coordinator
Danielle Lopez has joined the team at the Center for Animal Law Studies as Animal Law Program Coordinator.
Raising Awareness Regarding the Treatment of Animals in Asia
Meet Lyudmilia Shegay and Zihao Yu, our CALS Global Ambassadors and Animal Law LLM Alumns, who are advancing legal protections for animals in Kazakhstan and China through education and outreach.
GLA Builds Local Capacity to Reduce Wildlife Trafficking in Peru
GLA hosts Peruvian prosecutors, police, and judges working to protect wild animals
Animal Law LLM Alum Creates First Wildlife Law Course in Zimbabwe
Ever Chinoda’s Wildlife Law course has been a resounding success!
Professor Tischler Shares Scholarship on Industrial Animal Agriculture at Oxford
In this blog, Professor Joyce Tischler discusses her work for farmed animals at the Seventh Annual Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics
Global Law Alliance Works to Keep Chimpanzees Safe from Exploitation
A groundbreaking collaborative program is helping chimpanzees in West Africa.
Animal Law LLM Alum Gains International Attention for Legal Action to Free Orangutan
Diego Plaza, LLM Alum (’20, Chile) has been advocating to free Sandai, a 28-year-old orangutan, from a Chilean zoo.
Revival of the National Animal Law Competitions
The Brooks Institute is relaunching the Competitions with support from the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School and several other law schools.
Yvonne Gurira Receives Outstanding Animal Law LLM Graduate Award
Yvonne Gurira is named this year’s Outstanding Animal Law LLM Graduate, a merit award given in memory of Florence Kaufelt, a lifelong friend of animals, to a graduate of our Animal Law LLM program.
2022 Animal Law Leadership Award Winners Announced
This year’s award is presented to three Lewis & Clark law students who have demonstrated leadership in the field of animal law.
Keegan Bockhorst Selected for Richard J. Peppin Animal Rights Scholarship
Lewis & Clark Law School student, Keegan Bockhorst (1L), receives Peppin Scholarship for Animal Rights.
Innovative Workshop Examines How to Improve International Protections for Wild Animals
A recent workshop on wildlife law at Lewis & Clark Law School with Professor Tanya Wyatt of Northumbria University pushed participants to think critically about what we perceive wildlife to be and how we conceptualize it in the law.
Global Law Alliance Cited By Ecuador’s Constitutional Court In Landmark Decision
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court recently issued a landmark decision extending the rights of nature to wild animals. In reaching its decision, the Court cited an opinion piece by Professors Lyman and Fromherz of Lewis & Clark Law School’s Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment. - EVENTS
Past Events
Info Session with Professor Frasch for National Animal Law Competitions
Calling all Lewis & Clark Law students interested in a unique opportunity to hone your advocacy skills, including a rare legislative drafting and lobbying experience! Join this info session with Professor Frasch (lunch provided!) to learn about the National Animal Law Competitions. Prior animal law knowledge/interest not required-all are welcome!
World Aquatic Animal Day
In 2020, our Aquatic Animal Law Initiative and Animal Law Clinic kicked off the first annual World Aquatic Animal Day—a day to raise awareness about the plight and protections needed for aquatic animals around the globe and encourage individuals to take action for them. Join us for the third annual World Aquatic Animal Day (WAAD) April 3, 2022! The theme for WAAD 2022 is “Disentangling the Sustainability Myth in Fishing and Aquaculture,” which will explore these industries’ negative impact on our natural world and what we can do about it. Tag along for a day of virtual speaker panels, seafood tastings, and an in-person action hour hosted at Lewis & Clark Law School. Visit the World Aquatic Animal Day webpage for details.
11th Annual Animal Law Symposium
Animal Law Review presents its annual animal law symposium, a day filled with thoughtful conversation on animal law. This year’s virtual event will focus on some of the successes we have achieved on behalf of nonhuman animals, while acknowledging the work that remains to be done. This free event is open to the public and will feature panels and individual speakers on a variety of animal legal issues, including species conservation, intersectional animal advocacy, and sustainable agriculture.
