There are 167 law schools in the U.S. and Canada, and 11 in Australia and New Zealand, that have offered a course in animal law. Interested in starting an animal law class at your school? Learn how!

Note: We update this list regularly, but academic schedules change yearly and some courses may no longer be offered. For updated information on a specific course below, please contact the referenced law school directly.

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Quinnipiac University (North Haven)

    Animal Law (LAWS 253)

  • Univeristy of Connecticut (Hartford)

    Clinic: Animal Law (LAW7384)

  • University of Connecticut (Hartford)

    Faculty Directed Reading Seminar: Animal Welfare and Human Self Interest: The case of Pandemics

  • Yale University (New Haven)

    Advanced Climate, Animals, Food, and Environmnet Law and Policy Lab (30242) Animal Law (20054) Climate, Animals, Food, and Environmnet Law and Policy Lab

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

  • Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland)

    Advanced Animal Law (549) Animal Law Clinic I (788) Animal Law Clinic: Advanced (790) Animal Law Fundamentals Animal Law Legislation & Lobbying Animal Law Legislation: Practicum Animal Law Litigation (924 A) Animal Law Litigation Clinic I & II (768 & 769) Animal Law Litigation: Leg & Policy Animal Law LLM Seminar I & II (605 & 606) Animal Legal Philosophy (303) Animal Rights Law and Jurisprudence (407) Aquatic Animal Law (927) Companion Animal Law (446) Crimes Against Animals (459) Food Law (415) Industrial Animal Agriculture (451) International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic (754) International Animal Law (409) International Wildlife Law International Wildlife Law Clinic Law & Ethics of Animal Testing (921) Legal Research: Animal Law (593) Nonprofit Animal Law (442) Wildlife Law (436)

  • Willamette University (Salem)

    Animal Law (Law 263) Endangered Species Act (Law 277) Willdife Law (Law 375)

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Texas

Vermont

  • Vermont Law School (Royalton)

    Animal Law and Ethics (JUR7333) Animal Rights Jurisprudence (ENV5406) Animal Welfare Law (ENV 5422) The Law of Animals in Agriculture (ENV 5408)

Virginia

Washington D.C.

West Virginia

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