Date Chartered: 5/31/2008

The Section on Animal Law promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and makes recommendations to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) on matters of interest in teaching and improvement of the law relating to animals.

Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award

The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding contributions of law teachers (full-time and adjunct) in teaching, scholarship, advocacy, and/or service on behalf of animals. The criteria is intended to be very broad to recognize the many ways that law teachers, both full-time and adjunct, have an impact in seeking greater protections for animals through the law, including through scholarship, education of law students and the public at-large, pro bono litigation, legislative advocacy, leading or consulting on public initiatives, and other public or private projects. It can be local, regional, national, or international in scope.

Recipients

YearAward NameRecipientLaw School
2024Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service AwardSteven WiseNonhuman Rights Project
2023Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service AwardSherry ColbCornell Law School
2022Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service AwardMariann SullivanNew York University Law School
2020Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service AwardKathy HesslerLewis and Clark Law School
2019Animal Law AwardRebecca HussValparaiso University School of Law
2018Animal Law AwardJoan SchaffnerGeorge Washington University Law School
2017Animal Law AwardDavid S. Favre Michigan State University College of Law
2016Animal Law AwardPamela Frasch Lewis and Clark Law School