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LEAP Invites Applications for 2022 Student Grant Program

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is accepting applications for grants for student-led research and projects through March 31.
LEAP Invites Applications for 2022 Student Grant Program
Grace Cajski

Q&A: LEAP Grant Recipient Grace Cajski

A Q&A with Law, Ethics & Animals Program student grant recipient Grace Cajski YC ’24 about her experience reporting on an aquaculture restoration movement reviving ancient Hawai'ian fishponds.
Q&A: LEAP Grant Recipient Grace Cajski
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The New Republic

Don’t Make Meat Cheaper. Make It Much More Expensive (link is external)1

“Our government subsidizes the giant meat corporations indirectly by allowing them to push devastating costs onto the public with impunity,” explains LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris in The New Republic.

Don’t Make Meat Cheaper. Make It Much More Expensive (link is external)
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Bloomberg Law

Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation (link is external)2

LEAP Faculty Director Doug Kysar is quoted in an article about the climate change litigation landscape in 2022.
Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation (link is external)
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The New Journal

Dead on Impact (link is external)3

Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program Viveca Morris speaks with The New Journal about actions that can be taken to monitor and prevent bird-window collisions, which kill hundreds of millions of birds per year nationwide.

Dead on Impact (link is external)
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Politico

The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan — A Commentary by Viveca Morris (link is external)4

Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School. 

The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan — A Commentary by Viveca Morris (link is external)
AJ Hudson and Saylor Soinski

Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy

A.J. Hudson LAW ’23 and Saylor Soinski ’23 were among the six Emerging Scholars Fellows announced by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy
Aryenish Birdie portrait

Aryenish Birdie Discusses Anti-Racism in Animal Advocacy

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) hosted Aryenish Birdie, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Encompass, for a discussion on inclusion and diversity in the animal rights movement.
Aryenish Birdie Discusses Anti-Racism in Animal Advocacy
Robin Happel

Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel

LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel talks about an article she co-authored on soundscape ecology.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Robin Happel
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The Revelator

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals? (link is external)5

Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Professor Douglas Kysar summarizes the legal argument for granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction. 

Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals? (link is external)

Links

  1. https://newrepublic.com/article/164933/biden-cheap-meat-competitive
  2. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/focus-on-greenwashing-claims-in-new-year-of-climate-litigation
  3. https://thenewjournalatyale.com/2021/11/dead-on-impact/
  4. https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2021/11/16/methane-emissions-cows-agriculture-climate-change-522550
  5. https://therevelator.org/wildlife-property-law/