Animal Law Courses

To start an animal law class at your school, visit our website for more information or download our petition. (PDF)

Note: The contacts listed below are able to provide information about the relevant class only. Please do not contact them for any other purpose. If you need legal information please see the resources section on this website.

This list reflects law schools where an animal law course is being offered or has been offered in a previous semester. Please contact the referenced law school directly for an updated status on the posted course.

Animal Law Classes (116)

American University Washington College of Law
(Washington, DC)
Taught by Alan Nemeth
Email: MDAnimalLaw@aol.com

Arizona State University College of Law
(Tempe, AZ)
Taught by TBA
Email: TBA

Barry University School of Law
(Orlando, FL)
Taught by Peggy Hoyt
Email: peggy@hoytbryan.com
*Spring 2010

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
(New York, NY)
Spring Session
Taught by Mariann Sullivan and Eva Hanks
Email: marisul@earthlink.net

Boston College Law School
(Newton, MA)
Taught by Nadine Pellegrini
Email: Nadine.Pellegrini@usdoj.gov

Boston University School of Law
(Boston, MA)
Taught by Lois Karfunkel
Email: lmwk1946@aol.com

Brooklyn Law School
(Brooklyn, NY)
Taught by Mariann Sullivan
Email: marisul@earthlink.net

California Western School of Law
(San Diego, CA)
Taught by Kristina Hancock
E-mail: kristina.hancock@hklaw.com

Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, OH)
Taught by Kathy Hessler
E-mail: kmh25@po.cwru.edu

Chapman University School of Law
(Orange, CA)
Taught by Timothy Canova
E-mail: canova@chapman.edu

Chicago-Kent College of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Taught by Keith Harley
E-mail: Kharley@kentlaw.edu

Cleveland Marshall College of Law
(Cleveland, OH)
Taught by Benita Pearson
E-mail: benitaprsn@sbcglobal.net

Columbia Law School
(New York, NY)
Taught by David Wolfson
E-mail: dwolfson@milbank.com

Cornell Law School
(Ithaca, NY)
Taught by Dana Campbell
E-mail: dcampbell@aldf.org

DePaul University College of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Taught by Cherie Travis
E-mail: ctravis2@depaul.edu

Duke University School of Law
(Durham, NC)
Taught by William Reppy or Jeff Welty
E-mail: Reppy@law.duke.edu

Emory University School of Law
(Atlanta, GA)
Taught by Ani B. Satz
E-mail: asatz@law.emory.edu

Florida Coastal School of Law
(Jacksonville, FL)
Taught by Elizabeth DeCoux
E-mail: edecoux@fcsl.edu

Florida State University College of Law
(Tallahassee, FL)
Taught by Cindy McNeely
E-mail: cindy@mcneelylawfirm.com

Fordham University School of Law
(New York, NY)
Taught by David Cassuto
Email: dcassuto@law.pace.edu

George Mason University School of Law
(Fairfax, VA)
Taught by Jonathan Lovvorn and Nancy Perry
Email: jlovvorn@hsus.org and NPerry@hsus.org

George Washington University Law School
(Washington, DC)
Taught by Nancy Perry and Ethan Eddy
Email: nperry@hsus.org and ethan.eddy@aya.yale.edu

Georgetown University
(Washington, DC)
Taught by Valerie Stanley
E-mail: valeriejstanley@yahoo.com

Golden Gate University
(San Francisco, CA)
Taught by Althea Kippes
E-mail: atkippes@alumni.haas.org

Gonzaga University School of Law
(Spokane, WA)
Taught by Megan Ballard
Email: MBallard@lawschool.gonzaga.edu
*offered in 2010

Hamline University School of Law
(Saint Paul, MN)
Taught by Barbara Gislason
E-mail: gislasonbj@aol.com

Harvard Law School
(Cambridge, MA)
Taught by Paul Waldau
E-mail: paul.waldau@tufts.edu

Hastings College of the Law
(San Francisco, CA)
Taught by Bruce Wagman
E-mail: bwagman@schiffhardin.com

Hofstra University School of Law
(Hempstead, New York)
Taught by John DeWitt Gregory
E-mail: lawjdg@hofstra.edu

Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
(Indianapolis, IN)
Taught by Judith Ford Anspach
E-mail: juanspac@iupui.edu

The John Marshall Law School
(Chicago, IL)
Taught by Beth Henning and Sunny Maclachlan
E-mail: doggylaw@earthlink.net

Lewis & Clark Law School
(Portland, OR)
Taught by Pamela Frasch
E-mail: pfrasch@aldf.org
* Summer Intensive Courses taught by Steven Wise (wiseboston@aol.com), Nancy Perry (NPerry@hsus.org), John Lovvorn (jlovvorn@hsus.org) and Erica Thorson. More info here.

Animal Law Clinic
Taught by Kathy Hessler
Email: khessler@lclark.edu

Animal Law & Environmental Law Moot Court
Taught by Craig Johnston
Email: craig@lclark.edu

Loyola Law School
(Los Angeles, CA)
Taught by Sonia Waisman
Email: swaisman@mofo.com

Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
(New Orleans, LA)
Taught by Delcianna Winders
Email: dwinders@farmsanctuary.org

Marquette University Law School
(Milwaukee, WI)
Taught by Megan Senatori
E-mail: ms@dewittross.com

Massachusetts School of Law
(Andover, MA)
Taught by Diane Sullivan
E-mail: DianeS@MSLaw.edu

Mercer University School of Law
(Macon, GA)
Taught by Richard W. Creswell
E-mail: RWCreswell@aol.com

Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law
(Detroit, MI)
Taught by David Favre
E-mail: favre@law.msu.edu

New England School of Law
(Boston, MA)
Taught by Jonathan Canter
E-mail: jonathancanter@comcast.net
*Spring 2010

New York Law School
(New York, NY)
Taught by Sherry Ramsey
Email: sherryrams@aol.com

New York University School of Law
(New York, NY)
Taught by David Wolfson
E-mail: dwolfson@milbank.com

Northeastern University School of Law
(Boston, MA)
Taught by Jonathan Rankin
E-mail: jon@animallawoffices.com

Northwestern University School of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Taught by Cherie Travis
E-mail: ctravis2@depaul.edu

Nova Southeastern University
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Taught by Phyllis Coleman
Email: colemanp@nsu.law.nova.edu

Pace Law School
(White Plains, NY)
Taught by David Cassuto
E-mail: dcassuto@law.pace.edu

Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
(Carlisle, PA)
Taught by Patti Bednarik
E-mail: Patti_Bednarik@pacourts.us

Pepperdine University School of Law
(Malibu, CA)
Taught by Richard Cupp
E-mail: Richard.Cupp@pepperdine.edu

Quinnipiac University School of Law
(Hamden, CT)
Taught by: Gail Stern and Linda Meyer
Email: Gail.Stern@quinnipiac.edu

Rutgers University School of Law
(Camden, NJ)
Taught by Ellen Goodman
Email: ellgood@camden.rutgers.edu

Rutgers University School of Law
(Newark, NJ)
Taught by Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton
Phone: (973) 353-5321

Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law
(Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA)
Summer Session
Taught by Shannon Keith
Email: liblawyer@doglover.com

Santa Clara University School of Law
(Santa Clara, CA)
Taught by Corey Evans and Geneva Page
E-mail: corey.evans@sbcglobal.net

Seattle University School of Law
(Seattle, WA)
Taught by Adam Karp
E-mail: adam@animal-lawyer.com

South Texas College of Law
(Houston, TX)
Taught by Fran Ortiz
Email: fortiz@stcl.edu

Southern Methodist University School of Law
(Dallas, TX)
Taught by Yolanda Eisenstein
E-mail: yeisenstein@animallawoffice.com

Southern New England School of Law
(North Dartmouth, MA)
Taught by Robert H. Fennessy
E-mail: rfennessy@fennessylawoffices.com

Southwestern Law School
(Los Angeles, CA)
Taught by Sande Buhai
E-mail: Sande.Buhai@lls.edu

St. John’s University School of Law
(Queens, NY)
Tuaght by Jennifer McMahon
Email: jsrosa123@yahoo.com

St. Thomas University School of Law
(Miami, FL)
Taught by Steven Wise
E-mail: wiseboston@aol.com

Stanford Law School
(Palo Alto, CA)
Taught by Bruce Wagman
E-mail: bwagman@schiffhardin.com

Stetson University College of Law
(Gulfport, Florida)
Taught by Jennifer Dietz
E-mail: jdietz@AnimalLawAttorneys.com

Suffolk University Law School
(Boston, MA)
Taught by Paul Waldau
E-mail: paul.waldau@tufts.edu

Temple University School of Law
(Philadelphia, PA)
Taught by Dara Lovitz
Email: dara.lovitz@hotmail.com

Texas Wesleyan Univeristy School of Law
(Fort Worth, TX)
Taught by Don Feare
E-mail: feare@hawkpci.net

Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
(Montgomery, AL)
Taught by Mary Craig
Email: mcraig@faulkner.edu

Thomas Jefferson School of Law
(San Diego, CA)
Taught by Michael Martindill
Email: attycowboy@att.net

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
(Lansing, MI)
Taught by Anna Rose Stern
Email: arstern@loomislaw.com

Tulane University Law School
(New Orleans, LA)
Taught by Marilyn David
E-mail: mhdavid1@aol.com

University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
(Tucson, AZ)
Taught by Chris Wencker
E-mail: cwencker@hbfirm.com

University of Arkansas School of Law
(Fayetteville, AR)
Taught by Karen Koch
Email: kkoch01@uark.edu

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
(Little Rock, AR)
Taught by Philip Oliver
Email: pdoliver@ualr.edu

University of Baltimore School of Law
(Baltimore, MD)
Taught by Alan Nemeth
Email: MDAnimalLaw@aol.com

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
(Berkeley, CA)
Taught by Bruce Wagman
E-mail: bwagman@schiffhardin.com

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
(Los Angeles, CA)
Taught by Taimie Bryant
E-mail: bryant@law.ucla.edu

University of Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
Taught by Pamela Alexander
Email: palexander@aldf.org
Spring 2009 quarter

University of Cincinnati College of Law
(Cincinnati, OH)
Taught by Ruth Tkacz
E-mail: RLT1103@aol.com

University of Connecticut School of Law
(Hartford, CT)
Taught by Jane D. Comerford
E-mail: comerford@adp.uchc.edu

University of Denver School of Law
(Denver, CO)
Taught by Patricia Bangert
E-mail: trishbang@aol.com

University of Georgia School of Law
(Athens, GA)
Taught by Sarah Schindler
E-mail: sschindler@gmail.com

University of Houston Law Center
(Houston, TX)
Taught by Amy Bures Danna
E-mail: akdb5543@yahoo.com

University of Kansas School of Law
(Lawrence, KS)
Taught by Michael H. Hoeflich
E-mail: hoeflich@ku.edu

University of Kentucky College of Law
(Lexington, Kentucky)
Taught by Roberta M. Harding
Email: rharding@uky.edu

University of Maryland School of Law
(Baltimore, MD)
Taught by Valerie Stanley
E-mail: valeriejstanley@yahoo.com

University of Miami School of Law
(Miami, FL)
Taught by: Marcy LaHart
Email: milahart@bellsouth.net

University of Michigan Law School
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Taught by Joseph Vining
E-mail: jvining@umich.edu

University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School
(Kansas City, MO)
Taught by Dana Apple
E-mail: dapple@iland.net

University of Montana School of Law
(Missoula, MT)
Taught by Stacy Gordon
Email: Stacey.Gordon@umontana.edu

University of New Mexico School of Law
(Albuquerque, NM)
Taught by Sheryl Wolf
E-mail: wolf@law.unm.edu

University of Oregon School of Law
(Eugene, OR)
Taught by Caroline Forell and Rebekah Hanley
E-mail: cforell@uoregon.edu and rhanley@uoregon.edu

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
(Sacramento, CA)
Taught by Julie Davies
E-mail: jdavies@pacific.edu

University of Pennsylvania Law School
(Philadelphia, PA)
Taught by Penny Ellison
E-mail: ellisonjp@aol.com

University of Pittsburgh School of Law
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Wildlife Law
Taught by George Jugovic
E-mail: jugovic@pennfuture.org

University of San Diego School of Law
(San Diego, CA)
Taught by Jane Henning
E-mail: TBA

University of San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Taught by Bruce Wagman
E-mail: bwagman@schiffhardin.com

University of Tennessee College of Law
(Knoxville, TN)
Taught by Joan M. Heminway
E-mail: heminway@libra.law.utk.edu

University of Texas School of Law
(Austin, TX)
Taught by Susan Hightower
E-mail: susan.hightower@yahoo.com

University of Virginia School of Law
(Charlottesville, VA)
Taught by Mimi Riley
E-mail: mf9c@virginia.edu

University of Washington School of Law
(Seattle, WA)
Taught by Adam Karp
E-mail: adam@animal-lawyer.com

University of Wisconsin Law School
(Madison, WI)
Taught by Megan A. Senatori
E-mail: ms@dewittross.com
Online: http://www.law.wisc.edu

Valparaiso University School of Law
(Valparaiso, IN)
Taught by Rebecca Huss
E-mail: rebecca.huss@valpo.edu

Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN)
Coming Spring 2007
Taught by Joan M. Heminway
E-mail: heminway@libra.law.utk.edu

Vermont Law School
(South Royalton, VT)
Summer Session
Taught by Steven Wise
E-mail: wiseboston@aol.com

Villanova University School of Law
(Villanova, PA)
Taught by Libby White
Email: white@law.villanova.edu

Wake Forest University School of Law
(Winston-Salem, NC)
Taught by Sue Grebeldinger
E-mail: grebelsk@law.wfu.edu

Washington and Lee University School of Law
(Lexington, VA)
Taught by Krysia Nelson
E-mail: kcarmel@aol.com

Western State University College of Law
(Fullerton, CA)
Taught by Robert Neman
E-mail: Rnewmanlaw@aol.com

Whittier Law School
(Costa Mesa, CA)
Taught by Tom Kelch
Email: tkelch@law.whittier.edu

Widener University School of Law
(Wilmington, DE)
Taught by Verne R. Smith
E-mail: vrsmith@widener.edu

Willamette University College of Law
(Salem, OR)
Taught by Scott Beckstead
Email: sbeckstead@hsus.org

William Mitchell College of Law
(Saint Paul, MN)
Taught by Corwin Kruse
E-mail: kruse.corwin@dorsey.com

Yale Law School*
(New Haven, CT)
*Student led reading group, no animal law course available.
Mentor: Paul Waldau

Canadian Law Schools

Dalhousie Law School
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Taught by Vaughan Black
Email: vaughan.black@dal.ca

McGill University, Faculty of Law
(Montreal, Canada)
Taught by Wendy Adams
E-mail: wendy.adams@mcgill.ca

University of Alberta Faculty of Law
(Edmonton, Canada) 
Taught by Elaine L. Hughes
Email: ehughes@law.ualberta.ca

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, English Common Law Section
(Ottawa, Canada)
Taught by Daphne Gilbert
Website: www.daphnegilbert.ca

University of Quebec Law School
(Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Taught by Martine Lachance
Email: lachance.martine@uqam.ca

University of Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Taught by: TBD
Email: TBD

University of Victoria Faculty of Law
(Victoria, BC)  
Taught by Maneesha Deckha 
Email: mdeckha@uvic.ca