fish-banner-desktop.jpg

News

News
A blue, cloudy sky framed by the slate roof and brick chimneys of Sterling Law Building, as seen from the courtyard

LEAP Welcomes New 2024-25 Student Fellows

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program’s new Student Fellows come from many of Yale's graduate and professional schools, offering a range of perspectives.
LEAP Welcomes New 2024-25 Student Fellows
|
Yale Daily News

Litigating Against Factory Farms: Yale Event Highlights Legal Strategies for Tackling Climate Change (link is external)1

Clinical Lecturer in Law Daina Bray spoke about climate advocacy and litigation. The Law, Ethics and Animals Program, and the Climate, Animal, Food, and Environment Law & Policy Lab are mentioned. 

Litigating Against Factory Farms: Yale Event Highlights Legal Strategies for Tackling Climate Change (link is external)
|
Yale Daily News

Yale Planetary Solutions Hosts Climate Summit in N.Y.C. (link is external)2

Clinical Lecturer in Law Daina Bray spoke about the Yale Planetary Solutions climate summit that she participated in.

Yale Planetary Solutions Hosts Climate Summit in N.Y.C. (link is external)
|
Inside Climate News

Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises (link is external)3

Clinical Lecturer in Law Daina Bray analyzed the Environmental Working Group’s lawsuit against Tyson Foods and a study she co-authored about climate regulation.

Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises (link is external)
bright red tree in autumn against blue sky and the brick Yale Law School building

LEAP Announces Fall 2024 Speaker Series

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program Fall 2024 Speaker Series begins Oct. 10.
LEAP Announces Fall 2024 Speaker Series
illustration of the Sterling Law Building

LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative Welcomes New Fellow

The Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative (CCAALI) welcomes Laura Fox as a new litigation fellow.
LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative Welcomes New Fellow
brown and white dairy cow standing in a green field

Fight for Climate Justice Targets Meat and Dairy Companies (link is external)4

In a new video, Clinical Lecturer in Law Daina Bray, of the Law School’s Law, Ethics, and Animals Program, explains how litigation against meat and dairy companies could affect emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas that traps significantly more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide — and the fight for climate justice.
Fight for Climate Justice Targets Meat and Dairy Companies (link is external)
|
YaleNews

Yale Planetary Solutions Seed Grants Nurture Innovative Projects Campuswide (link is external)5

The Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative — a collaboration between Law, Ethics & Animals at Yale Law School, the Yale Peabody Museum, and the Yale Office of Sustainability — was highlighted. 

Yale Planetary Solutions Seed Grants Nurture Innovative Projects Campuswide (link is external)
|
Climate Law Blog / Sabin Center at Columbia Law School

Climate Change Litigation Turns Toward Animal Agriculture — A Commentary by Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24 (link is external)6

Daina Bray is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.

Climate Change Litigation Turns Toward Animal Agriculture — A Commentary by Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24 (link is external)
|
Yale News

Leap To Host Climate Week NYC Panel With Global Climate Leaders (link is external)7

As part of a Yale summit during Climate Week NYC, the largest climate event of its kind, LEAP will host a panel with global climate leaders on Sept. 25, "Emerging Strategies for Holding U.S. Meat and Dairy Companies Accountable for Climate Harms.” 

Leap To Host Climate Week NYC Panel With Global Climate Leaders (link is external)

Links

  1. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/10/02/litigating-against-factory-farms-yale-event-highlights-legal-strategies-for-tackling-climate-change/
  2. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/09/26/yale-planetary-solutions-hosts-climate-summit-in-nyc/
  3. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/tyson-foods-emission-reduction-promise-lawsuit/
  4. https://news.yale.edu/2024/09/16/fight-climate-justice-targets-meat-and-dairy-companies
  5. https://news.yale.edu/2024/08/29/yale-planetary-solutions-seed-grants-nurture-innovative-projects-campuswide
  6. https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2024/08/26/climate-change-litigation-turns-toward-animal-agriculture/#:~:text=For%20climate%20advocates%2C%20U.S.%20litigation,exceptionally%20high%20domestic%20per%20capita
  7. https://news.yale.edu/2024/08/22/global-climate-leaders-converge-new-york-yale-host-major-summit