Our Past Symposiums

2026: Leveraging Consumer Protection for Animal Rights and Welfare

This symposium invited advocates and attorneys to challenge corporate practices that treat the exploitation of non-human animals as a necessary cost of doing business. The program explored how consumer protection law, securities regulation, and corporate governance can be used to hold corporations accountable for misleading labels, deceptive disclosures, and harmful supply-chain practices. By reframing core questions of corporate law—who must tell the truth, what risks must be disclosed, and who bears responsibility—the symposium highlighted how legal strategies can recognize non-human animals as stakeholders rather than mere commodities.

2025: Litigation Tools Against Animal Breeders and Roadside Zoos

This symposium covered different laws that can be used to sue animal breeders and roadside zoos for mistreatment of animals.

2024: Taking CAFOs to Court

This symposium featured lawyers using exciting strategies to effectively litigate against CAFOs while addressing the numerous harms CAFOs cause to the environment, surrounding communities, workers, consumers, and animals.

2023: Hold Your Horses: Legal Protection for Equines

Every year, Animal Law Review hosts a symposium featuring thoughtful discussions on various topics in animal law. Our 12th annual symposium, Hold Your Horses: Legal Protections for Equines, was held primarily virtually on Friday, March 10th, 2023.

2022: Progress & Perseverance in Animal Law

2021: At the Crossroads: Fighting for Change in an Interconnected World