Lewis & Clark’s Animal Law Review to hold inaugural symposium

     Lewis & Clark’s Animal Law Review will hold its inaugural symposium on Friday, October 14, 2011, at Lewis & Clark Law School.  Co-sponsored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the symposium will feature leading voices in international animal law.

     The symposium will include presentations by:

• David Cassuto, Professor of Law, Pace Law School - Hot, Cruel, and Legal: A Look at Industrial Agriculture and Climate Change in the U.S. & Brazil

• Maneesha Deckha, Professor of Law, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law  - Critical Animal Studies and Animal Law

• David Favre, Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law - Is an International Treaty for Animal Welfare Needed and Possible?

• Peter Sankoff, Associate Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law - Animal Welfare Law and the Concept of Dialogue: Can Welfare Law Simultaneously Fail and Succeed?

    For more information and to register, please visit the symposium website:  www.animallawreviewsymposium.org.  Questions?  Email animalaw@lclark.edu.

    Please note: the Animal Law Review Symposium is a separate event from The Animal Law Conference at Lewis & Clark (occurring October 14-16, 2011).  Each event requires its own separate registration.  To find out more about the Animal Law Conference,  visit the conference website:  www.alawconference.org

    To learn more about Animal Law Review and their scholarly journal, Animal Law, please click here.