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.
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
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 Newark(Newark, NJ) Animal Rights: Theory and Practice Instructor: Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton Course 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
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 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 Read news article
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
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 DescriptionVillanova 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
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