CALS Students & Alumni

CALS Ambassador, Gladys Kamasanyu (’20, Animal Law LLM, Uganda) shares her Global Ambassador Project to prevent wildlife crime by educating rural communities.

In honor of World Otter Day, Zoe Morton (Lewis & Clark Law School rising 3L and Center for Animal Law Studies Law Clerk) raises awareness about the growing exploitation of river otters in captivity for exotic animal cafes and roadside zoos.

Meet this year’s graduating award recipients: Camille Bond (JD), Vivian González Méndez (LLM), and Laurisa Schutt (MSL)

Frannie von Friedeburg, 2L and LC ALDF Co-Director, shares an overview of the 4th Annual Brooks Animal Law Student Summit

Animal Law LLM Candidate, Savannah Sherman, Named Second Recipient of the Thomas Bloom Raskin Animal Protection Scholarship.

The fifth round of CALS Ambassadors have been selected to carry out innovative projects that advance animal protection and animal law across the globe.

Meet three outstanding JD scholarship students committed to pursuing careers challenging industrial animal agriculture: Josephine Blatny, Camille Bond, and Nicole Wood.

Alum Sarah Rae, Lewis & Clark JD alum, is the inaugural fellow for the Food System Reform Fellowship working with US Senator Cory Booker’s Office. Her work will focus on food system reform, nutrition and animal welfare.

CALS Ambassador, Iga Głażewska-Bromant, shares her Global Ambassador Project to bring broader, global, and often underexplored conversations about animals into Polish legal and academic discourse.

CALS Ambassadors, Varnika Singh (Animal Law LLM, ’23) and Julie Palais (Animal Law MSL, ’23), share their Global Ambassador Project to support the emergence of animal law in Nepal.

Lewis & Clark Law School Alum, Kaiti Bestor, joins the CALS Team

CALS Ambassador, Kimberly Backman (’24, LLM), shares her Global Ambassador Project founding a nonprofit to provide pro bono legal services for Illinois animal shelters and rescues.

LC ALDF Co-Directors for the 2024-25 Academic Year share details of how students cultivated animal law education, awareness, and community.

The annual merit award, given in memory of Florence Kaufelt, honors an Animal Law LLM graduate whose work reflects her lifelong dedication to animals.

This year’s award is presented to Mei Brunson and Suzannah Smith for their exceptional leadership in the field of animal law.