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 16-18, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

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 (Grand Hyatt Washington). 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.  If you have a conflict and will arrive on Friday, please note that in the application. 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 4, 2026.

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 11, 2026, 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 16, 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 Education & Scholarship 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.

Please note that the Animal Law Conference will be shifting schedules! Starting in March 2027, the Animal Law Conference will be presented in March. Due to this schedule shift, there will be TWO Animal Law Conference’s in the 26-27 academic year. This application is only for the October Animal Law Conference. The March Animal Law Conference Registration and Travel Grant Application will open up in January 2027.

Please check back soon. The application will open on July 27, 2026.

New Grad Registration and Travel Grants

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