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Law Student Paper Series — Environmental Responsibility & Animal Protection — Overlooked by Pension Plan Regulation
Problematic regulations regarding fiduciary duty make it difficult to factor animal and environmental protection in tax-privileged pension planning under ERISA. Join Benjamin Cregger, Lewis & Clark Law School, as they provide a closer look at recent regulatory changes, which are potentially problematic for human and nonhuman animals. -
Scholarships
The Animal Legal Defense Fund offers scholarships to law students studying in the field of animal law. -
Animal Abuse Reporting (Texas)
HB 4330 would require veterinarians and certain employees at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Family and Protective Services to report suspected animal abuse. -
Animal Legal Defense Fund and North Carolina Central University School of Law Partner to Offer Scholarship and Clerkship
The $25,000 scholarship is available to a second-year law student at the University, and includes a clerkship with the nonprofitApril 5, 2021 Press Release -
Law Student Paper Series — Defining ‘Meat’: Plant-based Meat Label Censorship in the United States
Join Bianka Atlas, Lewis & Clark Law School, for an overview of the plant-based meat labeling landscape in the United States, with a focus on current and pending state legislation and lawsuits. -
Oregon: End Coyote Killing Contests in Oregon
The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill (HB 2728) that would ban coyote killing contests — the most common species targeted by these cruel events. This bill recently passed the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee and is now headed to the Oregon House of Representatives for a vote.April 1, 2021 Action Alert -
Court Upholds Constitutionality of San Francisco Fur Ban
International Fur Trade Federation’s amended complaints dismissed in decisive victory for animalsMarch 31, 2021 Press Release -
Empowering Municipalities to Address Pet Shops and Fight Puppy Mills (Connecticut)
Clarifies Connecticut towns and cities have the authority to place restrictions on pet shops, including passing retail pet sale bans to fight puppy mills -
Massachusetts: Help Wild Animals Exploited by Circuses
Ask your state legislators to co-sponsor An Act Relative to the Use of Elephants, Big Cats, Primates, Giraffes, and Bears in Traveling Exhibits (HD 2035/SD 1246). This bill would prohibit the use of certain animals in circuses and traveling shows in Massachusetts.March 29, 2021 Action Alert -
Combatting Wildlife Trafficking (Connecticut)
Restricts the import, possession, sale, or transportation of body parts of African elephants, lions, leopards, black rhinos, white rhinos, and giraffes in the state
