Date Chartered: 5/31/2008
The Section on Animal Law promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and makes recommendations to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) on matters of interest in teaching and improvement of the law relating to animals.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
2024
- Main Program
- Agricultural and Food Law (Co-Sponsored by Animal Law and Environmental Law)
- Environmental Law Field Trip (Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Animal Law, and Natural Resources and Energy Law)
- Natural Resources and Energy Law (Co-Sponsored by Agricultural and Food Law, Animal Law, and Environmental Law)
2023
- Main Program
- Agricultural and Food Law (Co-Sponsored by Animal Law, Natural Resources, and Torts and Compensation Systems)
- Agricultural and Food Law Works-in-Progress (Co-Sponsored by Animal Law and State and Local Government Law)
2022
- Main Program
- Section on Agricultural and Food Law (Co-Sponsored by Animal Law)
2021
2020
2019
Awards
Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award
The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding contributions of law teachers (full-time and adjunct) in teaching, scholarship, advocacy, and/or service on behalf of animals. The criteria is intended to be very broad to recognize the many ways that law teachers, both full-time and adjunct, have an impact in seeking greater protections for animals through the law, including through scholarship, education of law students and the public at-large, pro bono litigation, legislative advocacy, leading or consulting on public initiatives, and other public or private projects. It can be local, regional, national, or international in scope.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award | Steven Wise | Nonhuman Rights Project |
| 2023 | Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award | Sherry Colb | Cornell Law School |
| 2022 | Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award | Mariann Sullivan | New York University Law School |
| 2020 | Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award | Kathy Hessler | Lewis and Clark Law School |
| 2019 | Animal Law Award | Rebecca Huss | Valparaiso University School of Law |
| 2018 | Animal Law Award | Joan Schaffner | George Washington University Law School |
| 2017 | Animal Law Award | David S. Favre | Michigan State University College of Law |
| 2016 | Animal Law Award | Pamela Frasch | Lewis and Clark Law School |