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Animal Law Courses
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There are 145 law schools in the U.S.
and Canada that have offered a course in animal law. We update this
list regularly, but academic schedules change unexpectedly and some
courses may no longer be offered. For updated information on course
titles and when a class was last offered, please contact the referenced
law school directly.
| American University Washington College of Law (NW Washington, DC) Taught by Alan Nemeth Email: MDAnimalLaw@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Tempe, AZ) Taught by Patricia Norris Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Barry University School of Law (Orlando, FL) Taught by Peggy Hoyt Email: peggy@hoytbryan.com Course Name: Animal Rights Seminar 6122 Session: Spring |
| Barry University School of Law (Orlando, FL) Taught by Fred Kray Email: fmkray@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law and Practice Session: Spring |
| Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (New York, NY) Taught by Mariann Sullivan and Eva Hanks Email: marisul@earthlink.net Course Name: Animal Rights Session: Spring |
| Boston College Law School (Newton, MA) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| Boston University School of Law (Boston, MA) Taught by TBD |
| Brooklyn Law School (Brooklyn, NY) Taught by Mariann Sullivan Email: marisul@earthlink.net Course Name: Animal Rights Law Session: Fall |
| California Western School of Law (San Diego, CA) Taught by Kristina Hancock Email: khancock@mckennalong.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Campbell University School of Law (Raleigh, NC) Taught by Calley Gerber Email: Gerber@AnimalLawNC.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) Taught by Kathy Hessler Email: kmh25@po.cwru.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Chapman University School of Law (Orange, CA) Taught by Robert Newman Email: Rnewmanlaw@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law-7544 Session: Varies |
| Charleston School of Law (Charleston, Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law (Cleveland, OH) Taught by Benita Pearson Email: benitaprsn@sbcglobal.net Course Name: Animal Law LAW715 Session: Fall |
| Columbia Law School (New York, NY) Taught by Mariann Sullivan Email: marisul@earthlink.net Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| Dalhousie Law School (Halifax, NS) Taught by Vaughan Black Email: vaughan.black@dal.ca Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring/Fall |
| DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, IL) Taught by Adjunct Professor Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| Drexel University Earl Mack School of Law (Philadelphia, PA) Taught by Dara Lovitz Email: dara.lovitz@hotmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Duke University School of Law (Durham, NC) Taught by Marilyn Forbes Email: MForbes@wcsr.com Course Name: Animal Law 338 Session: Spring |
| Duquesne University School of Law (Pittsburgh, PA) Taught by Deborah Jugan Email: N/A Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, GA) Taught by Ani Satz Email: asatz@law.emory.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring/Fall Session |
| Florida Coastal School of Law (Jacksonville, FL) Taught by Elizabeth DeCoux Email: edecoux@fcsl.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring |
| Florida State University College of Law (Tallahassee, FL) Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| Fordham University School of Law (New York, NY) Taught by David Cassuto Email: dcassuto@law.pace.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring/Fall Session |
| George Mason University School of Law (Arlington, VA) Taught by Henry Ralph and Aaron Green Email: anields@gmu.edu Course Name: Animal Law Law 637 Session: Fall |
| George Washington University Law School (Washington, DC) Taught by Nancy Perry Email: nperry@law.gwu.edu Course Name: Animal Law and Wildlife Protection Seminar Session: Fall |
| George Washington University Law School (Washington, DC) Taught by Ethan Eddy and Larry Liebesman Email: ethan.eddy@usdoj.gov and lawrence.liebesman@hklaw.com Course Name: Wildlife and Ecosystems Law Session: Fall |
| George Washington University Law School DC) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Rights and the Law |
| Georgetown University (Washington, DC) Taught by Jonathan Lovvorn Email: jrl73@law.georgetown.edu Course Name: Animal Protection Session: Fall |
| Golden Gate University (San Francisco, CA) Taught by Brent Plater Email: lawreg@ggu.edu Course Name: Animal and Wildlife Session: Fall 2011 |
| Gonzaga University School of Law (Spokane, WA) Taught by Megan Ballard Email: MBallard@lawschool.gonzaga.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Hamline University School of Law (Saint Paul, MN) Taught by Marilynne Roberts Email: mroberts@gw.hamline.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA) Taught by Paul Waldau Email: pwaldau@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law 30550-31 Session: Spring 2012 |
| Hofstra University School of Law (Hempstead, NY) Taught by John DeWitt Gregory and James Gesualdi Email: lawjdg@hofstra.edu Course Name: Animal Law LAW 3727 Session: Spring |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago, IL) Taught by Keith Harley Email: Kharley@kentlaw.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) Taught by Judith Ford Anspach Email: juanspac@iupui.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring |
| Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR) School course list: A full list of animal law courses available via Lewis & Clark's website. |
| Loyola Law School (Los Angeles, CA) Taught by Sande Buhai Email: registrar@lls.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Summer Session |
| Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (New Orleans, LA) Taught by Delci Winders Email: delcianna@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, WI) Taught by Megan Senatorie Email: ms@dewittross.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall Session |
| Massachusetts School of Law (Andover, MA) Taught by Diane Sullivan and Holly Vietzke Email: DianeS@MSLaw.edu and holly@mslaw.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| McGill University (Montreal, PQ) Taught by Wendy Ann Adams Email: wendy.adams@mcgill.ca Course Name: Special Topics in Law – Animals, Persons and Legal Relations Session: Winter 2012 |
| Mercer University School of Law (Macon, GA) Taught by Richard W. Creswell Email: RWCreswell@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Spring Session |
| Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law (East Lansing, MI) Taught by David Favre Email: favre@law.msu.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| New England School of Law (Boston, MA) Taught by Jonathan Canter Email: jonathancanter@comcast.net Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| New York Law School (New York, NY) Taught by Sherry Ramsey Email: sherryrams@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| New York University School of Law (New York, NY) Taught by David Wolfson Email: dwolfson@milbank.com Course Name: Animal Law and Farmed Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| New York University School of Law (New York, NY) Taught by Mariann Sullivan Email: marisul@earthlink.net Course Name: Farmed Animal Law and Policy Session: Spring Session |
| Northeastern University School of Law (Boston, MA) Taught by Jon Rankin Email: jon@animallawoffices.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, IL) Taught by Cherie Travis and Kristen A. Stilt Email: ctravis2@depaul.edu and stilt@law.northwestern.edu Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Spring |
| Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale-Davie, FL) Taught by Phyllis Coleman Email: colemanp@nsu.law.nova.edu Course Name: Animal Law Legislation Seminar Session: Fall/Winter Session |
| Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale-Davie, FL) Taught by Phyllis Coleman Email: colemanp@nsu.law.nova.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall Session |
| Pace Law School (White Plains, NY) Taught by David Cassuto Email: dcassuto@law.pace.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law (Carlisle, PA) Taught by Teresa Lazo Email: Teresa.Lazo.Esq@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Pepperdine University School of Law (Malibu, CA) Taught by Richard L. Cupp Email: Richard.Cupp@pepperdine.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Quinnipiac University School of Law (Hamden, CT) Taught by Linda Meyer and Gail Stern Email: linda.meyer@quinnipiac.edu and gail.stern@quinnipiac.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Rutgers School of Law (Camden, Course Name: Animal Law |
| Rutgers School of Law (Camden, Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| Rutgers University School of Law (Camden, NJ) Taught by Gary Francione Email: gfrancione@kinoy.rutgers.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring/Fall |
| Santa Clara University School of Law (Santa Clara, CA) Taught by Corey Evans and Geneva Page Email: cevans@evansandpage.com and gpage@evansandpage.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Seattle University School of Law (Seattle, WA) Taught by Adam Karp and Matt Penzer Email: adam@animal-lawyer.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall 2010 |
| Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, NJ) Taught by Bob Martin Email: Robert.Martin@shu.edu Course Name: Animal Law |
| South Texas College of Law (Houston, TX) Taught by Fran Ortiz Email: fortiz@stcl.edu Course Name: Animal Law (or Law Seminar) Session: Spring |
| Southern Illinois University School of Law (Carbondale, IL) Taught by Valery C. Behan Email: vbehananimallaw@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring 2011 |
| Southern Methodist University School of Law (Dallas, TX) Taught by Yolanda Eisenstein Email: yeisenstein@animallawoffice.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Southwestern Law School (Los Angeles, CA) Taught by Drew Alexis Email: dalexis@kinagalawfirm.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Summer Session |
| St. John's University School of Law (Queens, NY) Taught by Lauren Martin Email: lauren.martin@aspca.org Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, FL) Taught by Steven Wise Email: wiseboston@aol.com Course Name: Animal Rights Session: Spring |
| Stanford Law School (Palo Alto, CA) Taught by Bruce Wagman Email: bwagman@schiffhardin.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Stetson University College of Law (Gulfport, FL) Taught by Jennifer Dietz Email: jdietz@jenniferdietz.com Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Fall/Spring /Summer |
| Suffolk University Law School (Boston, MA) Taught by Paul Waldau Email: pwaldau@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Syracuse University College of Law (Syracuse, NY) Taught by Deborah Kenn Email: dskenn@law.syr.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Temple University School of Law (Philadelphia, PA) Taught by Dara Lovitz Email: dara.lovitz@hotmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Texas Tech University School of Law (Lubbock, TX) Taught by J. Wesley Cochran Email: wesley.cochran@ttu.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (Fort Worth, TX) Taught by Donald Feare Email: feare@hawkpci.net Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| The John Marshall Law School (Chicago, IL) Taught by Susann MacLachan Email: 7maclach@jmls.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University (Montgomery, AL) Taught by Mary Craig Email: mcraig@faulkner.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego, CA) Taught by Michael Martindill Email: attycowboy@att.net Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Lansing, MI) Taught by Professor Karen Chadwick Email: chadwick@cooley.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall 2012 |
| Touro Law Center (Central Islip, NY) Taught by John Maher Email: johntmaher@yahoo.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring 2011 |
| Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (North Grafton, MA) Taught by Nadine Pellegrini Email: Nadine.Pellegrini@usdoj.gov Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| Tulane University Law School (New Orleans, LA) Taught by Delci Winders Email: delcianna@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Spring |
| University of Akron School of Law (Akron, OH , OH) Taught by Ann L. Schiavone Email: As115@uakron.edu Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Spring |
| University of Alberta Faculty of Law (Edmonton, AB) Taught by Peter Sankoff Email: psankoff@ualberta.ca Course Name: Animal Law 599 Session: Spring |
| University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (Tucson, AZ) Taught by Stephanie Nichols-Young Email: stephanie.nichols-young@azbar.org Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring 2012 |
| University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville, AR) Taught by Michael Flannery Email: mxflannery@ualr.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Yearly, TBD |
| University of Baltimore School of Law (Baltimore, MD) Taught by Alan Nemeth Email: MDAnimalLaw@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Law 870 Session: Spring |
| University of California Hastings College of Law (San Francisco, CA) Taught by Bruce Wagman Email: bwagman@schiffhardin.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (Berkeley, CA) Taught by Bruce Wagman Email: bwagman@schiffhardin.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of California, Davis, Law School (Davis, CA) Taught by Jerrold Tannenbaum Email: jtannenbaum@ucdavis.edu Course Name: 224 Animal Law Seminar Session: Fall |
| University of California, Irvine School of Law (Irvine, CA) Taught by Drew Alexis Email: dalexis@kinagalawfirm.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (Los Angeles, CA) Taught by Taimie Bryant Email: bryant@law.ucla.edu Course Name: Lawyering to Protect Animals Session: TBD |
| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (Los Angeles, CA) Taught by Taimie Bryant Email: bryant@law.ucla.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring |
| University of Chicago Law School (Chicago, IL) Taught by Pamela Hart Email: pdhart@aldf.org Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring Session |
| University of Cincinnati College of Law (Cincinnati, OH) Taught by Ruth Pkcaz Email: RLT1103@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| University of Connecticut School of Law (Hartford, CT) Taught by Jessica Ruben Email: jessica.rubin@law.uconn.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Summer |
| University of Denver School of Law (Denver, CO) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (Detroit, MI) Taught by Ann Griffin Email: griffiam@udmercy.edu Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Fall |
| University of Florida Levin College of Law (Gainesville, FL) Taught by Elizabeth DeCoux Email: edecoux@fcsl.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring |
| University of Georgia School of Law (Athens, GA) Taught by Peter Appel Email: appel@uga.edu Course Name: Animal Law Seminar JURI 4827 Session: Spring |
| University of Houston Law Center (Houston, TX) Taught by Amy Bures Danna Email: adanna@claryfirm.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of Kansas School of Law (Lawrence, KS) Taught by Michael Hoeflich Email: hoeflich@ku.edu Course Name: Animal Rights Seminar Session: TBD |
| University of Kentucky College of Law (Lexington, KY) Taught by Roberta Harding Email: rharding@uky.edu Course Name: Animal Rights Session: TBD |
| University of Maine School of Law (Portland, ME) Taught by Sarah Schindler Email: sschindler@usm.maine.edu Course Name: Animal Law Law 761 Session: TBD |
| University of Maryland School of Law (Baltimore, MD) Taught by Susan Hankin Email: shankin@law.umaryland.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: Spring Session |
| University of Massachusetts School of Law (North Dartmouth, MA) Taught by Robert Fennessy Email: rfennessy@fennessylawoffices.com Course Name: Animal Rights Law Session: Summer Session |
| University of Miami School of Law (Coral Gables, FL) Taught by Stephen Wise Email: lawreg@law.miami.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor, MI) Taught by Joseph Vining Email: jvining@umich.edu Course Name: Animal Law 628 Session: Winter |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School (Kansas City, MO) Taught by Dana Apple Email: dapple@iland.net Course Name: Animal Law Law 665A Session: Fall |
| University of Montana School of Law (Missoula, MT) Taught by Stacey Gordon Email: Stacey.Gordon@umontana.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of New Hampsire School of Law (Concord, NH) Taught by Patricia Morris Email: pmorris@pmorrislaw.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| University of New Mexico School of Law (Albuquerque, NM) Taught by Marsha L. Baum Email: baum@law.unm.edu Course Name: Animal Ecosystems: Urban, Rural and Wild Session: Fall |
| University of North Carolina School of Law (Chapel Hill, NC) Taught by Calley Gerber Email: gerber@animallawnc.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall Session |
| University of Oklahoma College of Law (Norman, OK) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animals & Agricultural Production 6100 Session: TBD |
| University of Oregon School of Law (Eugene, OR) Taught by Caroline Forell Email: cforell@uoregon.edu Course Name: Animal Law Seminar Session: Fall |
| University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, English Common Law Section (Ottawa, ON) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School (Philadelphia, PA) Taught by Penny Conly Ellison Email: pellison@upenn.law.edu Course Name: Animal Law and Ethics Session: Spring |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pittsburgh, Taught by TBD |
| University of Quebec in Montreal (Montreal, PQ) Taught by Martine Lachance Email: lachance.martine@uqam.ca Course Name: Animal Species and the Law Session: Fall Session |
| University of San Diego School of Law (San Diego, CA) Taught by Jane Henning Email: lawreg@sandiego.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| University of Tennessee College of Law (Knoxville, TN) Taught by Joan M. Heminway and John Nolt Email: jheminwa@tennessee.edu Course Name: Animals, Ethics, and Law Session: Spring Session |
| University of Texas School of Law (Austin, TX) Taught by Susan Hightower Email: susan.hightower@yahoo.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Varies |
| University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, CA) Taught by Julie Davies and Mary Swanson Email: jdavies@pacific.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall |
| University of Toronto (Toronto, ON) Taught by Lesli Bisgould Course Name: Introduction to Animals and the Law Session: Fall/Spring 2013-2014 |
| University of Victoria Faculty of Law (Victoria, BC) Taught by Maneesha Deckha Email: mdeckha@uvic.ca Course Name: Animals, Culture and the Law Session: TBD |
| University of Virginia School of Law (Charlottesville, VA) Taught by Margaret Riley Email: mf9c@virginia.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall 2011 |
| University of Washington School of Law (Seattle, WA) Taught by Adam Karp Email: adam@animal-lawyer.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Winter/Spring 2011 |
| University of Windsor (Windsor, ON) Taught by Jerry Simonelli Email: jsimonelli@aol.com Course Name: Introduction to Animals and the Law Session: Winter Session |
| University of Wisconsin Law School (Madison, WI) Taught by Megan Senatorie Email: ms@dewittross.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Fall Session |
| Valparaiso University School of Law (Valparaiso, IN) Taught by Rebecca Huss Email: rebecca.huss@valpo.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law Session: TBD |
| Ventura College of Law (Ventura, CA) Taught by Shannon Keith Email: katie.hause@gmail.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Summer |
| Vermont Law School (South Royalton, VT) Taught by Steven Wise Email: wiseboston@aol.com Course Name: Animal Rights Jurisprudence Session: Summer Session |
| Vermont Law School (South Royalton, VT) Taught by Pamela Vesilind Email: pvesilind@vermontlaw.edu Course Name: Animals and the Law Session: TBA |
| Villanova University School of Law (Villanova, PA) Taught by Libby A. White Email: white@law.villanova.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Wake Forest University School of Law (Winston-Salem, NC) Taught by Sue Grebeldinger Email: grebelsk@wfu.edu Course Name: Animal Law 642 Session: Fall |
| Washington and Lee University School of Law (Lexington, VA) Taught by TBD Course Name: Animal Law |
| Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) Taught by Jerry Simonelli Email: jsimonelli@aol.com Course Name: Introduction to Animals and the Law Session: Fall Session |
| Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, CA) Taught by Robert Newman Email: Rnewmanlaw@aol.com Course Name: Animal Law Session: Varies |
| Whittier Law School (Costa Mesa, CA) Taught by Tom Kelch Email: tkelch@law.whittier.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring/Fall |
| Whittier Law School (Costa Mesa, CA) Taught by Tom Kelch Email: tkelch@law.whittier.edu Course Name: International Animal Law Session: Summer in Toulouse, France |
| Widener University School of Law (Wilmington, DE) Taught by Vern Smith Email: vrsmith@widener.edu Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring/Fall |
| Willamette University College of Law (Salem, OR) Taught by Scott Beckstead Email: sbeckstead@hsus.org Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
| Willamette University College of Law (Salem, OR) Taught by James Adams Email: aabbott@willamette.edu Course Name: Wildlife Law Session: Spring |
| William and Mary School of Law (Williamsburg, VA) Taught by TBD Course Name: Law 587 Animal Law Seminar Session: Spring |
| William Mitchell College of Law (Saint Paul, MN) Taught by Corwin Kruse Course Name: Animal Law Session: Spring |
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