Animal Law Courses
There are now at least 119 law schools in the United States that offer or have offered credit for an animal law course and/or seminar. Some courses may not be offered every semester and the instructors are subject to change. Please contact the law school offering the course for further details.
 

 
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U.S. law schools that offer or have offered credit for a course in animal law 

 

American University Washington College of Law
(Washington, DC)
Instructor: Alan Nemeth 

Arizona State University College of Law
(Tempe, Arizona)
Instructor: Stephanie Nichols-Young

Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law(Orlando, Florida)
Instructor: Peggy Hoyt
Course Description (pdf)

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

(New York, NY)
Spring Session
Instructor: David Wolfson and Eva Hanks
Course Description (pdf)
 

Boston College Law School(Newton, MA)
Instructor: Nadine Pellegrini
Course Description (pdf)

Boston University School of Law

(Boston, MA)
Instructor: Lois Woocher Karfunkel
Course Description
Brooklyn Law School
(Brooklyn, NY)
Instructor:
Mariann Sullivan
Course Description

California Western School of Law
(San Diego, CA)
Instructor: Professor Kristina A. Hancock
Course Description (pdf) 

Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, OH)
Instructor: Kathy Hessler  

Chapman University School of Law
(Orange, CA)
Instructor: Robert Newman
Course Description
 

Chicago-Kent College of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Instructor: Beth Henning

Cleveland Marshall College of Law
(Cleveland, OH)
Instructor: Benita Pearson
Course Description
 

Columbia Law School
(New York, NY)
Instructor: David Wolfson
Course Description 

Cornell Law School
(Ithaca, NY)
Instructor: Dana Campbell 

 

DePaul University College of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Instructor: Cherie Travis / Margit LivingstonCourse Description 

Drake University(Des Moines, IA)
Instructor: Danielle Shelton
Course Description

Duke University School of Law

(Durham, NC)
Instructor: William Reppy
Course Description 

 

Emory University School of Law
(Atlanta, GA)
Instructor: Ani B. Satz 

Faulkner University – Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
(Montgomery, AL)
Instructor: Mary Craig
Course Description
 

Florida Coastal School of Law
(Jacksonville, FL)
Instructor: Elizabeth DeCoux
Course Description (pdf) 

Florida State University College of Law
(Tallahassee, FL)
Instructor: Cindy McNeely
Course Description

Fordham University School of Law
(New York, NY)
Instructor: David Cassuto
Course Listing 

 

George Mason University Law School
(Arlington, VA)
Instructors: Jonathan Lovvorn and Nancy Perry
Course Description
 

George Washington University Law School
(Washington, DC)
Instructor: Nancy Perry and Jonathan Lovvorn
Course Description 

Georgetown University Law Center
(Washington, DC)
Instructor: Valerie Stanley
Course Description 

Golden Gate University
(San Francisco, CA)
Instructor: Brent Plater
Course Description
 

Gonzaga University School of Law
(Spokane, WA)
Instructor: Megan J. Ballard
Course Description
 

 

 

Hamline University School of Law
(Saint Paul, MN)
Course not currently offered.
Instructor: Lee Scholder and Barbara Gislason

Harvard Law School
(Cambridge, MA)
Instructor: Paul Waldau
Course Description
 

Hastings College of the Law
(San Francisco, CA)
Instructor: Bruce Wagman
Course Description (pdf) 

Hofstra University School of Law
(Hempstead, NY)
Instructor: John DeWitt Gregory
Course Description
 

 

Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
(Indianapolis, IN)
Instructor: Judith Anspach
Course Listing
 

 

The John Marshall Law School
(Chicago, IL)
Instructor: Stephen Wise
Course Description
 

 

Lewis & Clark College
(Portland, OR)
Instructor: Pamela Frasch
Course Description

Animal Law Clinical Internship Seminar
Instructor: Laura Ireland Moore
Course Description

Summer Course: Legislation, Lobbying, and Litigation
Instructor: Nancy Perry and Jonathan Lovvorn
Course Description 

Loyola Marymount University Law School
(Los Angeles, CA)
Course Description

Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
(New Orleans, LA)
Instructor: Delcianna Winders
 

 

Marquette Univeristy Law School
(Milwaukee, WI)
Instructor: Megan Senatori 

Massachusetts School of Law at Andover
(Andover, MA)
Instructor: Diane Sullivan 

Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law
(Macon, GA)
Instructor: Richard W. Creswell
Course Description 

Michigan State University College of Law
(Detroit, MI)
Instructor: David Favre 

 

New England School of Law(Boston, MA)
Instructor: Jonathon Cantor
Syllabus (pdf)

New York Law School
(New York, NY)
Instructor: Sherry Ramsey
Course Description (pdf)

New York University School of Law

(New York, NY)
Instructor: David Wolfson
Course Description 

Northeastern University School of Law(Boston, MA)
Course Listing

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

(Highland Heights, KY)
Instructor: Caryl Yzenbaard (Last taught, Spring, 2001)

Northwestern University School of Law
(Chicago, IL)
Instructor: Leigh Bienen 

Nova Southeastern University Sheppard Broad Law Center
(Davie, FL)
Instructor: Phyllis G. ColemanCourse Description 

 

Pace Law School
(White Plains, NY)
Instructor: David Cassuto
Course Description 

Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
(Carlisle, PA)
Instructor: Patti Bednarik
Course Description
 

Pepperdine University School of Law
(Malibu, CA)
Instructor: Richard Cupp
Course Description (pdf)

Quinnipiac University School of Law
(Hamden, CT)
Taught by: Gail Stern and Linda Meyer
 

 

 
Rutgers School of Law Camden
(Camden, NJ)
Course Description

 
Rutgers School of Law Newark
(Newark, NJ)
Animal Rights: Theory and Practice
Instructor: Gary L. Francione and Anna E. CharltonCourse Description

 

San Joaquin College of Law
(Fresno, CA)
Instructor: Sarah Schmidt
Course Description
Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law
(Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA)
Instructor: Shannon Keith  

Santa Clara University School of Law
(Santa Clara, CA)
Instructors: Corey Evans and Geneva Page
Course Description
 

Seattle University School of Law
(Seattle, WA)
Instructor: Adam Karp
Course Description 

South Texas College of Law
(Houston, TX)
Instructor: Fran Ortiz

Southern Methodist University School of Law(Dallas, TX)
Instructor: Yolanda Eisenstein
Course Description

Southern New England School of Law

(North Dartmouth, MA)
Instructor: Robert H. Fennessy 

 
 
Southwestern Law School
(Los Angeles, CA)
Course Description

 
St. John's University School of Law(Queens, NY)
Instructor: Jennifer S. McMahon
Course Description

St. Thomas University School of Law
 
(Miami, FL)
Instructor: Steven Wise
Course Description (pdf)

 

Stanford Law School
(Stanford, CA)
Course Description

Stetson
University College of Law
(Gulfport, FL)
Instructor: Jennifer A. Dietz
Course Description
 

Suffolk University Law School
(Boston, MA)
Instructor: Paul Waldau
Course Description 

 

Temple University School of Law
(Philadelphia, PA)
Instructor: Dara Lovitz
Course Schedule (pdf)
 

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
(Fort Worth, TX)
Instructor: Don Feare
Course Description
 

Thomas Jefferson School of Law(San Diego, CA)
Course Description

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
(Lansing, MI)
Course Description (pdf)
 

Tulane University Law School
(New Orleans, LA)
Instructor: Marilyn David
Course Description
 

 

University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
(Tucson, AZ)
Instructor: Christopher Wencker
Course Description 

University of Arkansas School of Law
(Fayetteville, AR)
Instructor: Karen Koch
Course Listing (pdf)

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
(Little Rock, AR)
Instructor: Philip Oliver

University of Baltimore School of Law(Baltimore, MD)
Course Description 

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
(Berkeley, CA)
Instructor: Bruce Wagman
 

University of California, Davis School of Law
(Davis, California)
Instructor: Jerrold Tannenbaum
Course Description 

University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
(Los Angeles, CA)
Instructor: Taimie Bryant
Course Description 

University of Chicago(Chicago, IL)
Instructor: Pamela D. Alexander
Course Description

University of Cincinnati College of Law
(Cincinnati, OH)
Instructor: Ruth Tkacz
Course Description 

University of Connecticut School of Law
(Hartford, CT)
Instructor: Jane D. Comerford
Course Description 

University of Denver College of Law
(Denver, CO)
Instructor: Patricia Bangert
Course Description
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University of Florida, Levin College of Law
(Gainesville, FL)
Instructor: David Hoch
Course Listing 

University of Georgia School of Law(Athens, GA)
Course Description
University of Houston Law Center
(Houston, TX)

University of Idaho College of Law
(Moscow, ID)
Instructor: Dale Goble 

University of Iowa College of Law
(Iowa City, IA)
Instructor: Chris Liebig

University of Kansas School of Law(Lawrence, KS)
Course Description
University of Louisville School of Law  
(Louisville, KY)
Instructor: John Cross
Course Description
 

University of Maryland School of Law
(Baltimore, MD)
Instructor: Valerie Stanley
Course Description 

University of Miami School of Law
(Miami, FL)
Instructor: Stephanie Haun 

University of Michigan School of Law
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Instructor: Joseph Vining
Course Description 

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
(Kansas City, MO)
Instructor: Dana Apple

University of Montana School of Law
(Missoula, MT)
Instructor: Stacy Gordon
 

University of New Mexico School of Law
(Albuquerque, NM)
Instructor: Sheryl Wolf
Course Description 

University of Oregon School of Law
(Eugene, OR)
Instructors: Caroline Forell and Rebekah Hanley

University of Pennsylvania Law School
(Philadelphia, PA)

University of Pittsburgh School of Law
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Instructor: George Jugovic
Two courses covering animal law as part of its goals: Corporations or Business Law and Wildlife Law

University of San Diego School of Law
(San Diego, CA)
Instructor: Jane Henning
Course Description 

University of San Francisco School of Law
(San Francisco, CA)
Instructor: Bruce Wagman 

University of Southern California School of Law
(Los Angeles, CA)
Instructor: Orly DeganiCourse Listing 

University of Tennessee College of Law
(Knoxville, TN)
Instructor: Joan M. Heminway 

University of Texas School of Law
(Austin, TX)
Instructor: Susan Hightower

University of Virginia(Charlottesville, VA)
Instructor: Margaret F. Riley
Course Description

University of Washington School of Law

(Seattle, WA)
Instructor: Adam Karp 

University of Wisconsin Law School
(Madison, WI)
Instructor: Megan A. Senatori and Pamela D. Alexander
 

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
(Sacramento, CA)
Course Description 

 

Valparaiso University School of Law
(Valparaiso, IN)

Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN)
Intstructor: Joan M. Henningway

Vermont Law School
(South Royalton, VT)
Summer session
Instructor: Steven Wise
Course Description

Villanova University School of Law(Villanova, PA)

 

Wake Forest University School of Law
Instructor: TBA
Course Description 

Washington and Lee University
Instructor: Krysia Nelson

Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, CA)
Instructor: Robert NewmanMore Information (pdf)

Whittier Law School
(Costa Mesa, CA)
Instructor: Lisa Kirk and Thomas G. Kelch
Course Description 

Widener University School of Law
Instructor: TBA
Course Description (MS Word doc).

Willamette University College of Law
(Salem, OR)
Instructor: Scott Beckstead
Course Description

William Mitchell College of Law

Instructors: Lee Scholder & Corwin Kruse
Course Description 

 

 

Yale Law School
(New Haven, CT)
Student led reading group
Mentors: David Wolfson and Paul Waldau 

 

 
Canadian law schools that offer or have offered credit for an animal law course 
 
 
McGill University, Faculty of Law
(Montreal, Canada)
Instructor: Wendy Adams

University of Victoria Faculty of Law
(Victoria, BC)
Instructor: Maneesha Deckha