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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Gothic-style stone tracery with plant-like forms around a leaded glass window of Sterling Law Building

LEAP Announces Fall 2025 Speaker Series

Topics for this term's talks include a book in progress of biographies of individual animals, a primatologist's new book, and when lawyers represent “climate wreckers.”
LEAP Announces Fall 2025 Speaker Series
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LEAP Invites Applicants for a Litigation Fellow Focused on Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

LEAP invites applications for a Litigation Fellow to join the Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative (CCALI).
LEAP Invites Applicants for a Litigation Fellow Focused on Animal Agriculture and Climate Change