CALS Welcomes Pamela Hart as Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Lewis & Clark Law School Center for Animal Law Studies welcomed Pamela Hart as Director of Strategic Initiatives in April 2018.
Hart has an extensive background in Animal Law including helping to launch CALS as a collaboration between Lewis & Clark Law School and Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) in 2008. At the time, it was the first-of-its-kind animal law comprehensive program of studies. She was the first person to teach an Animal Law course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as the University of Chicago Law School. Most recently, she directed the Animal Law Program at the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), supporting over 200 Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters, managing an extensive Attorney Volunteer Network, and partnering with firms and attorneys.
Pam is a frequent writer and speaker on animal law related issues, and has testified on a congressional panel regarding a federal Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act. Pam is co-author of Animal Law - New Perspectives on Teaching Traditional Law, a legal casebook published by Carolina Academic Press. She has been featured for her work in multiple regional and national publications, including O Magazine, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Baltimore Sun, Houston Chronicle, Raleigh News & Observer, Washington Lawyer and the National Jurist.
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