In Portland for the Animal Law Conference

This weekend, I’m in Portland for the 19th Annual Animal Law Conference at Lewis & Clark. The conference is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the Lewis & Clark’s student chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF). Each year, law students and lawyers come together to explore a wide range of hot topics in the field of Animal Law.

This year’s theme is “Standing Up for Animals: Can a Bad Economy Inspire Greater Goodness?”  Topics include:

• Human Science: Is the End of Testing Within Reach?
• International Voices in Animal Law: Canada & Mexico
• Enforcement: Building a Case Against Cruelty
• Drawing Connections Between Animal law & Other Disciplines
• Whose Case is it Anyway? Animals’ vs. Owners’ Interests in Litigation
• International Voices in Animal Law: Switzerland & Egypt
• Using Your Law Degree to Help Sanctuaries
• Animal Shelters, Humane Societies, & Rescues: When Funding Dries Up
• Exotic Pets, People, and Public Policy
• Global Animal Concerns
• Making Cultural Judgments: Animals We Eat, Animals We Love
• Wolf re-Introduction, Management, and Protection
• Private Prosecutions & the Enforcement of Canadian Animal Protection Legislation

As you can see, it’s a weekend packed with thought-provoking topics. It’s also a wonderful weekend of catching up with friends who, during the rest of the year, are scattered around the country — all doing amazing things on behalf of animals everywhere. Extra special for me this year: Joyce Tischler, who was my instructor for the law class on Farmed Animals this past summer, will be the keynote speaker at tonight’s reception.

The conference is sold out, but you can view most of the sessions through the live webinar option available on the conference’s web site. If you’re a law student or lawyer, mark your calendar for next October so you can join us!

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