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Ethan Shopmeyer

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Ethan Shopmeyer ’26 Discusses Animal Law Reading Group

Ethan Shopmeyer ’26 shares how he designed a student-led course on animal law at Yale Law School.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Ethan Shopmeyer ’26 Discusses Animal Law Reading Group
Sarina Fereydooni

Q&A: LEAP Student Grantee Sarina Fereydooni Discusses Ethics of Turkey’s Stray Dog Law

Sarina Fereydooni discusses her research on animal ethics and Islamic jurisprudence in Turkey.
Q&A: LEAP Student Grantee Sarina Fereydooni Discusses Ethics of Turkey’s Stray Dog Law
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National University of Singapore

Professor Douglas Kysar delivers Visiting Tan Ah Tah Professorial Lecture

LEAP Faculty Director Douglas Kysar delivered the lecture “Systems so Perfect: Alternative Proteins and the Dream of Abundance” at the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law.

Professor Douglas Kysar delivers Visiting Tan Ah Tah Professorial Lecture
Portrait of Arun Dayanandan with a forest background

Q&A: Arun Dayanandan Explores Plantation Forests’ Role in Global Restoration Strategies

Arun Dayanandan, a LEAP student fellow, says plantation forests can function as active agents in global restoration strategies.
Q&A: Arun Dayanandan Explores Plantation Forests’ Role in Global Restoration Strategies
View of the Yale campus and New Haven through a window at Sterling Law Building

LEAP Invites Applications for Fellows Focused on Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

The Law, Environment, and Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School invites applications for a Litigation Fellow to join the Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Legal Initiative (CCAALI) and a Litigation and Program Fellow, who will work across CCAALI and other LEAP initiatives.
LEAP Invites Applications for Fellows Focused on Animal Agriculture and Climate Change
Ann Linder headshot

Q&A: LEAP’s Ann Linder Examines Industrial Animal Agriculture Litigation

Research Scholar Ann Linder discusses addressing the harms of industrial animal agriculture through a LEAP project she leads.
Q&A: LEAP’s Ann Linder Examines Industrial Animal Agriculture Litigation
A blue, cloudy sky framed by the slate roof and brick chimneys of Sterling Law Building, as seen from the courtyard

Initiative Seeks Summer 2026 Litigation Fellows

The Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Legal Initiative (CCAALI) invites applications for full-time summer 2026 litigation fellow positions.
Initiative Seeks Summer 2026 Litigation Fellows
Interior courtyard elevation of Sterling Law Building with brick façade, pitched slate roofs, and brick chimneys

LEAP Invites Applications for 2026 Student Grant Program

LEAP is accepting applications for its program supporting Yale student-led research through March 28.
LEAP Invites Applications for 2026 Student Grant Program
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Yale Sustainability

Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative Wins International Excellence Award

The project, a LEAP collaboration, has been recognized with a 2025 Excellence Award by the International Sustainable Campus Network.

Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative Wins International Excellence Award
The courtyard-facing brick façade and slate roof of Sterling Law Building against an overcast sky with Yale's Humanities Quadrangle in the near distance

LEAP Welcomes New Litigation Fellow Dane Underwood

Dane Underwood is a new litigation fellow with LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative.
LEAP Welcomes New Litigation Fellow Dane Underwood