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!