2023-24 Speaker Series
Animal Rights Law: A Book Discussion with Raffael Fasel and Sean Butler
Dr Raffael Fasel and Dr. Sean Butler discussed their recent volume, Animal Rights Law, with LEAP Student Fellow Thomas Poston, explaining the ethics, legal theory, and social issues behind animal rights as well as the current state and potential future of this developing legal field. Watch the recording.
Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet: A Book Talk with Ben Goldfarb
Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet, with LEAP Student Fellow Nathalie Sommer, exploring how roads have transformed our planet and the innovative solutions offered by road ecologists to address the existential threat roadways pose to many animal species. Watch the recording.
"Rights of Nature and Rights of Animals" with Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini
Harvard Law School’s Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini discussed how arguments for animal rights may be combined with rights of nature to attempt to secure the basic interests and needs of one individual animal, a community of animals, or a species, using examples from Ecuador, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, and others. Watch the recording.
"Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease Risk in the United States" with Ann Linder
Harvard Law School’s Ann Linder discussed the report, "Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease in the United States," with LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris, identifying the myriad forms of animal markets in the U.S. and the policymaking needed to address the risk they pose to human and nonhuman health alike. Watch the recording.
"Animal Agriculture's Climate Lobbying and Misinformation Strategies" with Georgina Gustin
Inside Climate News reporter Georgina Gustin discussed the recent history of industry and legislative pushback by industrial animal agriculture and how these defensive efforts may confuse the public about the impacts of livestock agriculture with LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris. Watch the recording.
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) Executive Director Chris Green discussed the evolution of modern animal advocacy and the strategies needed to advance animal-forward policy in the future with LEAP Litigation Fellow Daina Bray. Watch the recording.
Yale University Ph.D. candidate and LEAP Student Fellow Diego Ellis Soto discussed the legal, social, and political consequences of continuing to neglect the biodiversity of socioeconomically disadvantaged and historically segregated areas with LEAP Postgraduate Fellow Laurie Sellars. Watch the recording.