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The Call for Papers is now closed.

We look forward to seeing select students present their work on trends in animal law at the Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Convention, which will be held in on Friday, October 20, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. Please check back in spring 2024 for more details on the next open call for papers.

The Student Convention provides an opportunity for students to meet and receive career advice from leaders in animal law and network with Animal Legal Defense Fund student chapter members from law schools across the country and beyond.

The event is open to law students and will include a career panel featuring animal law experts from a variety of occupational backgrounds, lunch, and networking opportunities. In addition, three students will be selected to present their papers on the Law Student Scholarship Panel.

Call for Papers

Those interested in presenting on the Law Student Scholarship panel should submit a completed paper on the topic of trends in animal law. The call is purposefully broad, with potential topics including animal-forward trends in civil law, criminal law, legislation and policy, animals’ legal status, environmental law, and more.

Panel papers will be chosen by a committee of leading animal law experts and will be scored anonymously. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present their work at the Student Convention and will receive a travel grant to attend both the Student Convention and the Animal Law Conference.

Submission Guidelines (please read carefully):

  • Author must have been enrolled in law school when the paper was written.
  • Papers must have been written within the last two years.
  • Only complete papers will be considered. There is no length requirement.
  • Remove identification (name and law school) from your paper but include this information separately.
  • Presenters must attend the convention in person and will have approximately 25 minutes to present their paper.
  • Papers may be published or unpublished, but if published permission must be obtained to share the paper on the conference website.
  • By submitting a paper, you are affirming that it has been fact-checked and sources appropriately cited.
  • Must be fluent in English and comfortable presenting and answering questions without a translator.
  • The deadline to submit a paper is July 31, 2023.

Papers should be submitted in PDF format with paper title only at the top with all other identifying information removed (name, law school). In a separate document or in the body of the email, include your name, paper title, law school, and graduation date. Send submissions to Priscilla Rader Culp at prader@aldf.org with the subject line “ALDF Call for Papers” by the deadline. You will be notified of the status of your submission in August.

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