Date Chartered: 5/31/2008

Purpose

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.

Leadership   Section Members

Bylaws of the Section on Animal Law



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

Year Award Name Recipient Law School
2024 Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award Steven Wise Nonhuman Rights Project
2023 Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award Sherry Colb Cornell Law School
2022 Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award Mariann Sullivan New York University Law School
2020 Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award Kathy Hessler Lewis and Clark Law School
2019 Animal Law Award Rebecca Huss Valparaiso University School of Law
2018 Animal Law Award Joan Schaffner George Washington University Law School
2017 Animal Law Award David S. Favre  Michigan State University College of Law
2016 Animal Law Award Pamela Frasch  Lewis and Clark Law School