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Animal Legal Defense Fund Grant Aids Animal Law Clinic in Developing Courtroom Animal Advocate Program Trainings
The grant will support groundbreaking work of the Courtroom Animal Advocate Program of the Animal Law Clinic at the UConn School of Law.August 29, 2022 Press Release -
Short Film Released with Actress Anjelica Huston as New York Considers Adopting Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs
Huston narrates the Animal Legal Defense Fund film demonstrating the impact legal advocates can have on behalf of animal cruelty victimsFebruary 17, 2022 Press Release -
Short Film Released Following Unanimous New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee Vote in Support of Courtroom Animal Advocate Program Bill
Anjelica Huston narrates Animal Legal Defense Fund’s film The Case for Courtroom Animal Advocate ProgramsFebruary 15, 2022 Press Release -
Short Film Released with Actress Anjelica Huston in Support of States Adopting Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs
Huston narrates the Animal Legal Defense Fund film demonstrating the impact legal advocates can have on behalf of animal cruelty victimsFebruary 15, 2022 Press Release -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Illinois)
The Illinois Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) bill, HB 1169, would provide for a volunteer attorney to advocate for cat and dog victims in cruelty cases. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (New York)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program Bill Passes New Jersey Senate
A Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) bill, S.2868/A.4533, which would allow law students and volunteer lawyers to advocate for animal victims in cruelty criminal cases, unanimously passed the New Jersey Senate. The bill is sponsored by Senator Nicholas Scutari and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji and endorsed by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.February 19, 2021 Press Release -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (New Jersey)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Florida)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases. -
How Animals Differ from Other Types of “Property” Under the Law
Our legal system still considers animals to be “property,” in many ways not much different from a table or a chair. But, there are some ways that the law does recognize animals as the living, feeling beings that they are.
