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The thesis work of our graduating Animal Law LLM Class of 2020 perfectly captures the broad diversity of animal law and demonstrates the many ways that our graduates plan to use their specialized knowledge to improve animal protection in the U.S. and abroad. Please join us in congratulating our graduates on their exceptional thesis work! -
During her time studying at CALS, Animal Law LLM Candidate Gladys Kamasanyu started a nonprofit organization—Help African Animals—to work in her home country of Uganda. Professor Russ Mead, our Shared Earth Foundation Visiting Professor, mentored her throughout the process. In this interview, Professor Mead and Gladys share how their work together inspired this nonprofit and how it will advance animal protection in Uganda. -
Eighteen years ago today—on May 13, 2002—President George W. Bush signed into law a mandate that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigate and report to Congress on the issue of downed livestock, and, based on that report, regulate those animals as needed. The USDA has failed to do so. It must be held accountable. -
At the Center for Animal Law Studies, we celebrated Mother’s Day by creating a special video honoring motherhood, with guest appearances by our faculty and staff. We are working to protect animal mothers because all too often our laws fail to protect them. -
Delcianna Winders, Director of the Animal Law Litigation Clinic, published an op-ed in New York Daily News on April 28, 2020, regarding the Trump administration’s use of the coronavirus as an excuse to loosen meat-processing rules. -
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Pamela Frasch, Associate Dean and founder of the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS), has been named as a Brooks McCormick Jr. Scholar of Animal Law and Policy. -
During his time studying at CALS, Animal Law LLM Candidate, Diego Plaza Casanova, started a nonprofit organization - Center for Chilean Animal Law Studies or “CEDA Chile” (which stands for “Centro de Estudios de Derecho Animal” in Spanish). We asked Diego to tell us about his new organization and how he plans to use his Animal Law LLM to help advance the legal interests of animals in Chile. -
A New Trump administration rule that largely deregulates pig slaughter operations will increase fecal contamination; diseased pigs being allowed for human consumption; toenails, hair and abscesses allowed into meat; and animal mistreatment, according to a new sworn statement by a federal slaughterhouse inspector. -
In this blog, students in the Animal Law Clinic report on the successful launch of the first annual World Aquatic Animal Day, held on April 3, 2020. -
The virtual event, World Aquatic Animal Day, Friday, April 3, 2020, is designed to raise global awareness for aquatic animals as an often overlooked species.