About Animal Law

About Animal Law
Animal law has quickly emerged as a specialty legal field in law schools (Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Hastings, Rutgers, and the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, which publishes the Animal Law Journal). Animal-centered litigation appears more routinely on court dockets as pet owners sue to recover damages. Nationwide, legislatures debate the passage of bills addressing issues at the boundaries of human-animal relationships; last year Carolina Academic Press published a 780-page volume Animal Law, the first casebook of its kind.

Animal law has useful applications for practitioners in many areas including landlord/tenant, criminal, wills and trusts, personal injury and tort claims, non-profit corporations, agricultural, local government and administrative law.

Articles Overviewing Animal Law
Oregon State Bar: The Evolution of Animal Law
DC Bar: Animal Law
Community Pet Awareness Presentation