News

Journalist Charles Siebert will deliver a talk at the Law School on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, focused on his experiences interacting with and writing about non-human animals.

Doug Kysar, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the YLS Law, Ethics & Animals Program, is quoted in article about the importance of climate lawsuits in courts around the globe.

Jonathan Lovvorn, Faculty Co-Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP), is quoted by Vox about factory farms.

Paul Rink ’19 speaks with Doug Kysar, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the YLS Law, Ethics & Animals Program, about the merits and potential of Juliana v. U.S. and other youth-based climate litigation.

Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar spoke with the Energy Tradeoffs podcast about the creativity of recent lawsuits aimed at holding companies and governments accountable for climate change.

In a recent podcast interview, LEAP Faculty Co-Directors Doug Kysar and Jon Lovvorn spoke about how animal law, industrialized cruelty, and climate change are inextricably entwined.