How to Start an Animal Law Class at Your School

The following are a few steps to starting an animal law course at your law school. Visit our website for a current list of schools with animal law courses.

• Schedule a meeting with the Dean of Academic Affairs to determine requirements for adding a new course to the curriculum.
• Collaborate with other students interested in animal law. Consider starting a SALDF chapter if there is not one at your school.
• Sponsor student events to generate an interest in animal law.
• Identify and discuss animal law with faculty and/or adjunct faculty members who have an interest in teaching such a course offering. Be prepared to suggest interested instructors to the law school administration.
• Petition the law school administration to add animal law to the curriculum. This may include a formal proposal for the administration or submission of a student body petition. To obtain more information on proposal ideas, please contact Pamela Hart, director of the Animal Law Program, at pdhart@aldf.org.
  
  View a sample petition (PDF)