14th Annual Animal Law Conference Schedule

Friday, October 13

Registration: 1:00-6:00

2:00-4:00

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
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

Saturday, October 14

Registration: 8:30
Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:20
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

10:30-12:00
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 Lunch

12:45-1:45
In the amphitheater or student lounge weather permitting
Steven M. Wise: Why Trying to Obtain Fundamental Common Law Rights is Good for Nonhuman Animals and How it Can Be Accomplished

2:00-4:00
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
Room 7: Protecting "Performing Animals": Zoos, and Circuses Nicole Paquette & Tanya Sanerib

Room 8: Problems with Puppy Mills
Sara Amundson & Bruce Wagman

Banquet, Auction, Scholarship Award Ceremony, with Keynote Address by James B. Mason
6:00-9:00

Sunday, October 15

9:30-12:30
Room 7: Animal Law Curriculum: Resources, Support, and Developing Courses & Clinics
Laura Ireland Moore, Bruce Wagman, Steven Wise and David J. Wolfson

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

1:00-4:00
Room 7: Successful Animal Lawyering
Scott Beckstead, Amy Breyer, Len Egert, Corey Evans, Adam Karp, and 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!

Please note that panels are subject to change.