2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Room 1: Defending Whales, Dolphins and Ocean Fish

Sue Fisher

Andrew Hawley

Joel Reynolds

Room 8: Legal Developments for Animals and their Rescuers in Disasters

Barbara J. Gislason

Russ Mead

Drew Moore

Steven Wise

4:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Room 1: Animal Law Developments in Australia & Canada

Katrina Sharman

Martine Lachance

Room 8: Preventing the Exploitation of Primates as Pets and for Profit

Sarah Baeckler

Nicole Paquette

Registration: 8:30
Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:20 a.m.

Room 7: Fighting Canned Hunts, Contest Kills, and Animal Fighting

Nancy Perry

Tanya Sanerib

Room 8: Animals in Research: Pet cloning, Patents, and Bioethics

Elizabeth DeCoux

Tracie Letterman

Art LaFrance

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Room 7: Defending Activists and their Constitutional Rights: Wegman’s and SHAC Case Studies

Len Egert

Will Potter

Room 8: Estate Planning for Companion Animals

Eden Rose Brown

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 p.m.

Why Trying to Obtain Fundamental Common Law Rights is Good for Nonhuman Animals and How it Can Be Accomplished

Steven M. Wise

In the amphitheater or student lounge weather permitting

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Room 7: Recognizing Companion Animals’ Intrinsic Values: Civil Damages and Criminal Actions

Scott Beckstead

Amy Breyer

Elizabeth DeCoux

Adam Karp

Room 8: Causes of Action & Legislative Efforts for “Farmed Animals”

Carter Dillard

Nancy Perry

David J. Wolfson

4:15 – 6:00 p.m.

Room 7: Protecting “Performing Animals”: Zoos, and Circuses

Nicole Paquette

Tanya Sanerib

Room 8: Problems with Puppy Mills

Sara Amundson

Bruce Wagman

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Banquet, Auction, Scholarship Award Ceremony, with Keynote Address

James B. Mason

9:30 – 12:30 a.m.

Room 7: Animal Law Curriculum: Resources, Support, and Developing Courses & Clinics

Laura Ireland Moore

Bruce Wagman

Steven Wise

David J. Wolfson

-Funding
-Gaining student and administrative support
-Marketing
-What and how to teach
-Networking
-and more!

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Room 7: Successful Animal Lawyering

Scott Beckstead

Amy Breyer

Len Egert

Corey Evans

Adam Karp

Geneva Page

-Solo or small practice
-Exclusively animal law or incorporating other areas of practice
-Screening clients
-Proactive lawyering
-Defensive lawyering
-Role as an activist
-How much to charge/recovering costs and fees
-Networking/marketing
-and more!