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The Animal Law Academy webinars are an opportunity to hone your skills and gain both practical and substantive knowledge about important issues currently facing animals in the legal system. Participants will learn from the experts and enjoy an interactive Q&A session. Don’t miss the chance to get an in-depth look into what it means to advocate for animals’ through the legal system.

Animal Law Academy webinars are suitable for anyone interested in animal law, current and future law students, attorneys, legal professionals and animal advocates.

Past webinars

How to Advocate for Animals With or Without a Law Degree: Volunteer Opportunities

How to Advocate for Animals With or Without a Law Degree: Volunteer Opportunities

Presented 6/30/20
Do you want to change the world for animals but are not sure where to begin? Join Pro Bono Program Director Tom Linney as he discusses fun and meaningful ways that each of us can volunteer in our communities to make a difference for animals.
Stress and Zoonotic Diseases

Stress and Zoonotic Diseases

Presented 6/23/20
In the wake of the current pandemic, join public health expert Dr. Aysha Akhtar, Animal Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Stephen Wells, and Staff Attorney Kelsey Eberly for a round table discussion about the impacts of stress and confinement on disease transmission between animals—and conditions where they are most likely to jump to humans.
How to Advocate for Animals With or Without a Law Degree: Lobbying for Animals

How to Advocate for Animals With or Without a Law Degree: Lobbying for Animals

Presented 6/17/20
Animals can’t vote, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have a voice in the political process — you can give animals that voice!
Behavior & Ballistics: The Caselaw of Law Enforcement Conflicts with Dogs

Behavior & Ballistics: The Caselaw of Law Enforcement Conflicts with Dogs

POSTPONED. Please check back for rescheduled date.
Join Animal Legal Defense Fund Senior Staff Attorney David B. Rosengard in an exploration of how courts adjudicate encounters between law enforcement officers and dogs.
Federal Legislation: Current Issues & New Ideas

Federal Legislation: Current Issues & New Ideas

Presented 5/20/2020
This webinar will address the shortcomings for animal protection in current federal law, give an overview of pending legislation, and discuss what we’d like to see introduced in the future.
Factory Farms: Generating Environmental Injustice in North Carolina

Factory Farms: Generating Environmental Injustice in North Carolina

Presented 5/12/20
Learn about the carefully-carved legal loopholes that allow factory farms to operate with limited protections for animals, the environment, or surrounding communities, and about how residents—and others—are fighting back.
Lobbying 101: Advocacy in a New Era 2020

Lobbying 101: Advocacy in a New Era 2020

Presented 5/7/2020
Animals can’t vote, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have a voice in the political process — you can give animals that voice!
Impact Report with Stephen Wells (Quarter One 2020)

Impact Report with Stephen Wells (Quarter One 2020)

Presented 5/4/2020
Join Stephen Wells, Executive Director, and Lora Dunn, Criminal Justice Program Director, as they discuss current cases and projects, plus what’s planned for the rest of the year, with special focus on the Criminal Justice Program.

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