Our conference panelists submitted the following materials. The materials, although not necessarily written by the individual panelists, were relevant to their panel topics. These are also the materials applicable to MCLE registrants. We did not have binders or CD/DVDs of materials available for purchase at the conference, but attendees were able to access this page via our Digital Event Guide.
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Keynote by Steven Wise
Current Litigation Approaches to Factory Farming
Shaking Up the Food Supply: Reimagining Our Plates
- Chris Kerr’s PPT
- Michele Simon’s PPT
- Tech startups are moving into the food business to make sustainable versions of meat and dairy products from plants
- Government policies support environmentally harmful meat production
- Social Psychology and the Value of Vegan Business Representation for Animal Law Reform
- “V” is for Vegetarian: FDA-Mandated Vegetarian Food Labeling
- This man is trying to reinvent the food industry, from scratch
- The Bill Gates-backed company that’s reinventing meat
- The Hottest Tech in Silicon Valley Made this Meatball
- Future of Food
Military Working Dogs: War Heroes Treated as Property
Aquatic Animal Law
- Kathy Hessler’s PPT
- Lynne Sneddon’s PPT
- Animal Law Conference Resources
- Aquatic Environment, Housing, and Management in the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Additional Considerations and Recommendations
- Cognitive ability and sentience: Which aquatic animals should be protected?
- Defining and assessing animal pain
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition
- Pain Perception in Fish
- Pain in aquatic animals
- Legislation to Protect the Welfare of Fish
- Key issues concerning environmental enrichment for laboratory-held fish species
Careers in Animal Law
Ethics and Animal Issues
Animals and the First Amendment
Inaugural Law Student Scholarship Panel
- Caitlin Foley’S PPT
- Elizabeth Foubert’s PPT
- Occupational Licensure E Foubert
- Angie Ostrowski’s PPT
- Regulating Feedlots: Approaches to Containing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
- (Elephant) Death and Taxes: Proposed Tax Treatment of Illegal Ivory
Honorable Mention Papers
- Chimpanzees in Court: Limited Legal Personhood Recognition for Standing in Court to Challenge Captivity and Abuse. Davidson Anestal, FAMU, 2017
- Declawing the Legislature: Using Direct Initiative for the Ban or Limitation of Declawing Practices in the United States. Samantha Payne, Florida Coastal School of Law, 2015
- Giant Injustice: The Illegality of Elephants in Captivity. Laura Beth Jackson, Emory, May 2016
- Sinclair’s Nightmare: SLAPP-ing Down Ag-Gag Legislation As Content-Based Restrictions Chilling Protected Free Speech. Jeffrey Vizcaino, FAMU, 2017
- The limited influence of religious argument in the battle for a fairer legal status of animals used for food. Alice DiConcetto, L&C LLM, 2016
- The Gopher Tortoise: A Florida Keystone Species that Deserves Endangered Species Act Protection in Addition to its Existing State Protections. Ashley Baillargeon, FAMU, 2016
- The Gradual Move Toward Nonhuman Personhood: Assessing the Moral and Legal Implications of the New Animal Rights Movement. Justin Beck, Pepperdine, 2016
- The Unfair Chase: A Federal Approach to Eliminate Canned Hunting. Christian Bucey, MSU, 2017
- Why Congress Should Remove the National School Lunch Act Milk Requirement. Alene Anello, Harvard Law School, 2016
- Working towards a Dust Bath: How a Tax on Chicken Meat Could Improve Animal Welfare. Jessica Brockway, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2016
Captive Wildlife
- Jessica Blome’s PPT
- Delcianna Winders’ PPT
- ALDF v. Proie, 11th Circuit Opinion 2015
- ALDF v. Vilsack, DC Order Granting Defendant’s Summary Judgment Motion 2016
- Hill v. Coggins, NC Opinion 2015
- Kuehl v. Sellner, Iowa Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Stay 2016
- Kuehl v. Sellner, Iowa Preliminary Injunction Order 2016
- Kuehl v. Sellner, Iowa Opinion 2016
- PETA v. Miami Seaquarium, Florida Opinion 2016
- Assessing the Efficacy of Warnings as an Administrative Sanction
- Passed Senate Bill to Ban Bullhooks in California 2016
Gender and Race within the Animal Rights Movement *Non CLE
What’s New in Litigation and Legislation?
- Sara Amundson’s PPT
- Christopher Berry’s PPT
- ALDF v. C.L. Butch Otter, Idaho Opinion 2015
- R. v. D.L.W., Canada Opinion 2015
- Midterm Report for the 114th Congress
- AWARE Act Factsheet
- Reform Commodity Checkoff Bills Factsheet
- Protect Native Carnivores on Federal Lands in Alaska
- Block Harmful Endangered Species Act Attacks
- The Humane Cosmetics Act
- Support USDA’s Proposed Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
- Support the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
- Support the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act
- The Obama Administration’s Top Animal Accomplishments
- Support the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act
- Support the Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act, the Global Anti-Poaching Act, and the Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants and Rhinoceros Act
- Support the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act – S. 1121/H.R. 3268
- ALDF Comments to NIH Chimera Policy 2016
- ALDF Motion to Intervene in Cricket Hollow Zoo Case 2015
- ALDF Petition to HHS Chimera Policy 2013
- Graham v. San Antonio Zoo (Lucky the Elephant) Complaint 2015
- USDA Complaint Against Cricket Hollow Zoo 2015
Animal Law around the Globe
- Charlotte Blattner’s PPT
- David Cassuto’s PPT
- Uncertainty and Markets for Endangered Species under CITES
- A Tale of Two CITES: Divergent Perspectives upon the Effectiveness of the Wildlife Trade Convention
- Enforcing CITES: The Rise and Fall of Trade Sanctions
- Trade bans: a perfect storm for poaching?
- Why Rhino Poaching isn’t High on the CITES Agenda
- Global Animal Law
- Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: Lessons from the business and human rights sphere from six regulatory areas