Alice Di Concetto

Founder, European Institute for Animal Law & Policy
France
LLM ’16, CALS Ambassador 2021-2022

Alice Di Concetto is a lecturer in European animal law at the Sorbonne Law School and in Animal Ethics at Sciences Po (Bachelor of Arts and Sciences). She additionally founded the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy (Animal Law Europe), a consultancy firm specializing in EU animal law and policies, where she provides services to major EU-based animal protection nonprofits and public administrations.

In 2021, Alice was awarded a CALS’ Global Ambassador Program grant. She plans to use the proceeds from this prestigious grant to shed light on the treatment of animals in the clothing industry and to pursue high-level legal expertise work to advance EU animal advocacy.

Over the past two years, working in public affairs, Alice has achieved the inclusion of additional provisions in favor of farm animal welfare in the EU’s agricultural policy and the EU Green Deal.

Prior to her arrival in Brussels, Alice completed a two-year appointment as a fellow in the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School. Her research at Harvard focused on the U.S. Farm Bill’s impacts on animal welfare, and she completed additional research on the legal status of animals in comparative constitutional law.

Her publication record includes several law review articles in legal journals, including the French Review of Animal Law and the International Economic Law Review.

Alice earned a master’s degree in Animal Law (LLM, 2016) from Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR), for which she obtained a Fulbright grant. She graduated from Sciences Po Law School in Paris.