Student Chapter Registration and Travel Grants

The Animal Legal Defense Fund will be offering Registration and Travel Grants to the Student Convention and the Animal Law Conference co-presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Animal Law Studies. The Animal Law Conference will take place October 17-19, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. Please read carefully as the grants have changed.

The Registration and Travel Grants are awarded on an individual basis and will include free student registration to the Animal Law Conference (not including the Saturday evening banquet) and your full hotel stay at the Conference Hotel (Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk.) There will be no reimbursements for expenses paid by a student directly. The Animal Legal Defense Fund will book your hotel accommodations for Thursday–Saturday night. All hotel rooms will be booked as doubles and students are welcome to share a hotel room with others in their chapter if they would like. If this is of interest, please note it in your application below. The deadline to apply is September 12, 2025.

Students selected for the Registration and Travel Grants will need to confirm their acceptance of the Grant and intention to attend the Conference by September 19, 2025, so that hotel accommodations can be made. Students who receive a Registration and Travel Grant will also be required to attend the Student Convention on Friday, October 17, unless they have sought an exception. If a student receives a Registration and Travel Grant and does not attend the Animal Law Conference or Student Convention, the student will be responsible for reimbursing the Animal Legal Defense Fund for the costs of registration and their hotel accommodations, and the student will be ineligible for future Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Law Program opportunities. Exceptions will be made for legitimate reasons, including but not limited to, illness and family emergencies. Any questions, please reach out to Alyssa Crowell at acrowell@aldf.org.

This application is now closed, check back in Summer 2026.

New Grad Registration and Travel Grants

Are you a recent graduate? Check out our New Grad Registration and Travel Grants here!