Events

This full-day symposium will feature panels discussing recent animal law issues before the courts. Expert panelists will talk about aspects of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the California Proposition 12 case; recent cases in the 8th and 10th Circuits holding ag-gag laws (laws that prevent whistleblowers from investigating and revealing the horrific treatment of animals on factory farms) unconstitutional; the recent decision in N.Y. denying habeas corpus relief to Happy, an elephant at the Bronx Zoo; and cases in U.S. and foreign courts seeking to bestow rights on nature and animals.

All symposium sessions with be hosted in-person at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA and will be available via livestream. Registrants will receive livestream access instructions via email one week before the event.