Critics Slam USDA’s Fines for AWA Violations
Professor Winders and other experts share their frustrations in “Toothless and ‘paltry’: Critics slam USDA’s fines for animal welfare violations“
Call for Applications: Animal Rights Law Lecturers’ Workshop
The Animal Law and Policy Institute has partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law to host a Lecturers’ Workshop for those interested in teaching an animal rights law […]
Daria Bednarczyk Presents at the ALDF Student Convention
In November of 2022, VLGS student Daria Bednarczyk (pictured far right) participated in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Student Convention presenting her paper, “Behind Closed Doors—The Fettered Lives of Farmed Animals: […]
JD Candidate Daria Bednarczyk Presents at the ALDF Student Convention
In November of 2022, VLGS student Daria Bednarczyk (pictured far right) participated in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Student Convention presenting her paper, “Behind Closed Doors–The Fettered Lives of Farmed Animals: […]
FAAC Calls Out DNREC for Excluding Delaware Environmental Justice Community from Proposed Poultry Biogas Facility Approval Process
Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (“FAAC”) assisted community members and public interest groups in submitting a public comment against the potential expansion of a Delaware biogas […]
Joaquin Phoenix Speaks Out About Importance of Animal Law
Watch Joaquin Phoenix’s video thanking Professor Winders, and encouraging VLGS animal law and policy students, in VegNews!
FAAC Assists in Drafting a Groundbreaking Farmed Animal Protection Bill
New legislation regulating industrial animal agriculture will be before the Senate, and Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (“FAAC”) assisted in researching and drafting some of the […]
VLGS Seeks First Animal Law and Policy Distinguished Scholar
Please consider applying for Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Distinguished Scholars and Fellows program. While VLGS has welcomed environmental law scholars and animal law media fellows in the past, this summer, VLGS […]
Slaughterhouse Workers, Animals, and the Environment
Watch Online: Slaughterhouse Workers, Animals, and the Environment with Delcianna Winders & Elan Abrell – Yale Law School Description The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on industrial slaughterhouses […]
Mercy For Animals Visits VLGS
Leah Garcés, CEO and President of Mercy For Animals, along with Tyler Whitney and Katherine Jernigan from the MFA Transfarmation Project, joined animal law faculty, staff, and students during their […]