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Yale Alumni Magazine

Building Better, for Birds

The Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative — a collaboration between LEAP, the Yale Peabody Museum, and campus partners — was featured in the Yale Alumni Magazine.

Building Better, for Birds
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Environmental Law Institute

Clear Skies Ahead: Reducing Bird-Building Collisions

Clinical Lecturer in Law and LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris was interviewed about how cities are adopting policies to reduce bird-building collisions.

Clear Skies Ahead: Reducing Bird-Building Collisions
Eui Young Kim

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Eui Young Kim ’25 Writes About Her Relationship with Animals

Eui Young Kim ’25 wrote a series of personal essays exploring her experiences with different animal and the questions raised by those encounters.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Eui Young Kim ’25 Writes About Her Relationship with Animals
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LEAP Welcomes New Animal Agriculture Accountability Project Research Scholar

Ann Linder joins LEAP as a research scholar in its Animal Agriculture Accountability Project.
LEAP Welcomes New Animal Agriculture Accountability Project Research Scholar
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Environmental Research Letters

Early U.S. Meat Industry Knowledge And Response To Global Warming

A recent study co-authored by LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris outlines how the U.S. livestock industry knew about its role in global warming and sought to obstruct efforts to address its climate harms since at least 1989.

Early U.S. Meat Industry Knowledge And Response To Global Warming
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LEAP Invites Applicants for 2025-26 Litigation and Program Fellow

The Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School invites applications for a full-time litigation and program fellow for the 2025-26 academic year.
LEAP Invites Applicants for 2025-26 Litigation and Program Fellow
LEAP Student Fellow & Grant Recipient Ilaria Cimadori

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow & Grant Recipient Ilaria Cimadori Examines Farmed Animal Welfare in the Gene-Editing Era

LEAP Student Fellow & Grant Recipient Ilaria Cimadori discusses her research and what legal reforms are needed to better protect animals’ interests.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow & Grant Recipient Ilaria Cimadori Examines Farmed Animal Welfare in the Gene-Editing Era
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CT Insider

Ellington Dairy Farm Removes ’Happy‘ Cow Language from Website

Clinical Lecturer in Law Daina Bray discussed animal agriculture and sustainability. 

Ellington Dairy Farm Removes ’Happy‘ Cow Language from Website
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LEAP Announces Spring 2025 Speaker Series

The Law, Environment & Animals Program’s next series includes talks on protecting wildlife abundance, anti-democracy in the American food system, and climate litigation in Asia.
LEAP Announces Spring 2025 Speaker Series
Thomas Peterson

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Thomas Peterson ’26 Explains How Shareholders Can Push For Sustainability

Thomas Peterson ’26 discusses using shareholder advocacy to push companies to address greenhouse gas emissions from industrial animal agriculture.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Thomas Peterson ’26 Explains How Shareholders Can Push For Sustainability