Animal Law Program

It has long been the case that the environmental community is resistant to embracing animal protection as a central priority. As it becomes increasingly clear that animal agriculture and meat and dairy consumption are significant factors in climate change, however—and that factory farming and wildlife habitat destruction are causal factors in worldwide zoonotic pandemics—it is even more important that the environmental and animal protection movements join forces.

VLS’s growing Animal Law Program includes courses such as Animals and the Law, Animal Welfare Law, Constitutional Animal Law, and The Law of Animals in Agriculture, and a Concentration in Animal Law. The program’s director is leading animal law scholar and practitioner Professor Delcianna Winders.