Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapters are law student groups that are affiliated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund and share its mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.
Student Chapters are able to use our specially designed Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapters logo.
We also have new cover photos for your chapter’s social media pages, and you can add your school’s logo to the tiger cover photo!
Below you can find numerous resources for law students interested in the field of animal law.
There are 167 law schools in the U.S. and Canada that have offered a course in animal law.
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Start a Student Chapter at Your School
Learn MoreStudent chapters are an instrumental part of a growing national movement toward recognizing the important body of law known as animal law. It's easy to start a chapter!
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Start an Animal Law Course at Your School
Learn MoreWe offer step-by-step directions to starting an animal law course at your law school.
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Join the Animal Legal Defense Fund as a Student Member
Sign UpBecome a member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and receive benefits and additional opportunities.
How We Work
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Honoring Pro Bono Legal Professionals for Animals
Members of ALDF’s Pro Bono Network were honored for their volunteer legal work for animals at the Animal Law Conference in October 2024.November 14, 2024 News -
Animal Legal Defense Fund Facilitates Release of Two Pigs from Research Lab
The animals have a new home at a San Diego sanctuary to live out their lives in peace after being used for research in a labOctober 30, 2024 News -
Highest Court in Ohio Rules that All Dogs and Cats Deserve to be Protected from Cruelty
In overturning the lower court, Ohio Supreme Court confirms ALDF’s amicus position that the state’s animal cruelty statute protects a community kitten who was subject to abuse.October 30, 2024 News
