November
2023

Kelly Struthers Montford, Assistant Professor of Criminology at Ryerson University, has been awarded a

October
13,
2023

The Vermont Law and Graduate School is offering fellowships to their Animal Law and Policy Institute for next year.

September
26,
2023

Rachel de Graaf and Annie Sloan have been awarded the inaugural Brooks Institute LLM Fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic-year. The fellowship is administered by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.  

August
7,
2023

Maggie Wang, Yale Law School and Amber Ward, Columbia Law School have been awarded Brooks Institute Emerging Scholar Fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic-year.

August
1,
2023
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School (LEAP) congratulates Yale Law School student and LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang ’25 on being named one of the 2023-2024 Emerging Scholar Fellows with the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
June
5,
2023

Sarah Schindler, Maxine Kurtz Faculty Research Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, has been awarded the Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship.  

May
22,
2023

In this project we sought to better understand relationships between scientific and popular views regarding the agency, sentience, and cognition (ASC) of aquatic animals, and policies that protect these animals in the United States. For case studies we chose cetaceans, tunas, and octopuses.

May
2,
2023

Mathilde Cohen, a George Williamson Crawford Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, has been awarded the Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship. 

April
11,
2023

First-year law student Natalie Zisa has turned her passion for animal advocacy into national-level recognition for her legislative drafting and lobbying skills. Zisa pursued the National Animal Law Competition on her own and prevailed in the rigorous spring event.

March
28,
2023

The Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy hosted the revival of the National Animal Law Competitions (NALC) on March 18-19, 2023, in partnership with Harvard Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Vermont Law & Graduate School.