News & Press
March
28
, 2023
National Animal Law Competitions
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. The competitions consist of three distinct components: the…
February
11
, 2023
Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship Awarded to Marek Muller
Congratulations to Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship recipient, S. Marek Muller! S. Marek Muller is an Assistant Professor of Rhetorical Studies at Florida Atlantic University. They received their PhD in Communication from the University of Utah in 2018. A rhetorician by trade, Dr…
September
21
, 2022
Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy
Two Yale Law School students, Emma Findlen LeBlanc ’24 and Thomas Poston ’24, are the 2022-2023 Emerging Scholars Fellows with the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy . The Brooks Institute’s Emerging Scholars fellowship program supports students who intend to become law professors and…
July
21
, 2022
Revival of the National Animal Law Competitions
The Brooks Institute is relaunching the National Animal Law Competitions (NALC) with support from the animal law programs at Harvard, Lewis & Clark, the University of Denver, the University of San Francisco, Vermont, and Yale. The Competitions will be held in March 2023. All NALC details can be…
April
19
, 2022
Harvard Law School’s Chris Green to receive ABA animal law award
Chris Green, executive director of the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School, will receive the American Bar Association’s Animal Law Committee’s Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award.
March
15
, 2022
Brooks Fellowship Supports Gruen’s Work on Animal Ethics
Lori Gruen's research into animal ethics is going deeper thanks to a Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship.
January
17
, 2022
Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship Awarded to Lori Gruen
Lori Gruen , a William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University, has been awarded the Brooks Institute Scholars Research Fellowship. The goal of the Scholars Research Fellowship is to support outstanding research that will advance the fields of animal law and policy. To be eligible for…
November
15
, 2021
The Shape Of Animal Law And Policy To Come: An Interview With Chris Green
Chris Green , Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Program, discusses the Shape of Animal Law and Policy to Come.
November
10
, 2021
$10 Million Endowment Established for the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Program
Harvard Law School today announced the establishment of a $10 million endowment for the Animal Law & Policy Program , thanks to a gift from the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy. The program now will bear the name of the institute’s founding benefactor, Brooks McCormick Jr., a…
November
2
, 2021
Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy
Two Yale Law School students, A.J. Hudson ’23 and Saylor Soinski ’23, were among the six Emerging Scholars Fellows announced by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy . The Brooks Institute’s Emerging Scholars fellowship program supports students who intend to pursue a professor…