Wednesday, September 13, 2023
LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative Welcomes New Fellows
The Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative (CCAALI) welcomes two new litigation fellows, Caroline Zhang and Graham Provost.
Monday, September 11, 2023
LEAP Announces Fall 2023 Speaker Series
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program’s fall 2023 speaker series begins on Sept. 21 will examine a new book on animal rights law, how roads impact wildlife, the rights of nature and rights of animals, and the risk of human-animal disease spread posed by animal markets in the U.S.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Yale Experts Explain Climate Lawsuits
In a Q&A, Douglas Kysar, the Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty co-director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program, explains the legal strategies behind recent climate change lawsuits, how the law could be used to protect those most vulnerable to climate disasters, and which cases may have the best chance of success.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Building Safer Cities for Birds: A Q&A with Viveca Morris and Meredith Barges
The authors of a report on how local policies are leading the way to protect birds from deadly building crashes discuss their findings.
Monday, August 14, 2023
LEAP Report: Cities Leading Way on Bird-Friendly Building Policies
A report by the Law, Ethics and Animals Program at Yale Law School and the American Bird Conservancy reveals how local laws and policies are speeding up protections for birds from deadly building collisions.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross: What Just Happened? — A Commentary by Douglas Kysar
The Brooks Institute
Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang ’25 Named Emerging Scholar Fellow by Brooks Institute
LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang ’25 has been named an Emerging Scholar Fellow with the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Q&A: LEAP Student Grant Winner Kevin Yang on Designing for Nonhuman Animals
Kevin Yang (M.Arch. '24), a LEAP 2022 Student Grant recipient, focuses on creating and deploying structures that reclaim human-dominated spaces for nonhuman animals.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Alice Courtright on Motherhood, Faith, and the Natural World
LEAP Student Fellow Alice Courtright writes about the connection between nonhuman animals, suffering, motherhood, longing, and the environment.
Friday, May 12, 2023
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Prop 12 Is a Win Against Factory Farming. But the Pigs’ Lives Will Still Suck — A Commentary by Doug Kysar and Justin Marceau
Vox
Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program.