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Harvard Law Review

Treating Superbugs With Litigation: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria From Animal Agriculture As a Public Nuisance

LEAP Litigation & Program Fellow Naomi Jennings writes on how litigation could be used to protect communities from animal agriculture-associated antibiotic resistance.

Treating Superbugs With Litigation: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria From Animal Agriculture As a Public Nuisance
LEAP grant recipients

LEAP Announces Seven Student Grant Program Recipients for 2026

A new set of projects by students across Yale will address threats facing nonhuman animals.
LEAP Announces Seven Student Grant Program Recipients for 2026
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The Center for Environmental and Animal Protection - NYU Arts & Science

Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Human-Wildlife Conflict

LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris co-authors a new report arguing that the welfare of wild animals in cities deserves a place in how municipalities approach human-wildlife conflict.

Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Human-Wildlife Conflict
Inside a modern bar, dairy cows are linked up in stalls behind metal bars along a concrete floor

Minnesota Urged to Confront Climate Impacts of Riverview Dairy Expansion

LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Legal Initiative joined partner organizations in urging the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to require a full Environmental Impact Statement for a major dairy facility expansion.
Minnesota Urged to Confront Climate Impacts of Riverview Dairy Expansion
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Four Yale Students Named 2026 Wyss Scholars

Yale Law School student Claire Potter ’27 is among the four Yale students recognized for work tackling conservation challenges across the U.S.
Four Yale Students Named 2026 Wyss Scholars
Laura Street Cole

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Laura Street Cole Analyzes Intersection of Environmental Justice and Animal Rights

Laura Street Cole’s article emphasizes the link between environmental justice and farmed animals.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Laura Street Cole Analyzes Intersection of Environmental Justice and Animal Rights
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

We Are In This Together: Farmed Animals and Multi-Species Justice

LEAP Legal Director Daina Bray delivered a talk at the UIUC Multispecies Justice Symposium.

We Are In This Together: Farmed Animals and Multi-Species Justice
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