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LEAP Invites Applicants for a Litigation Fellow Focused on Animal Agriculture and Climate Change
The Litigation Fellow will join the Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative.
LEAP Announces Three Student Grant Program Recipients for 2024
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program announced three student recipients of the LEAP Student Grant Program.
Q&A: Former LEAP Student Fellow Alisa White ’23 on Local Policy Approaches to Wild Animal Welfare
A new, first-of-its-kind policy brief by scholars at New York University School of Law’s Guarini Center on Environmental Energy & Land Use Law, New York University’s Wild Animal Welfare Program, and Yale Law School’s Law, Ethics, & Animals Program identifies how cities can incorporate wild animal welfare into institutions, planning process, and policies on land use and the built environment.
Unique Research on Calving Impacts on Nutrient Cycle Earns 2024 Bormann Prize 2
LEAP Student Fellow Kristy Ferraro, a Ph.D. student at the Yale School of the Environment, has won the 2024 Bormann Prize.
The Methane Majors: A Q&A with LEAP’s Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24
A new study by Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24 of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program examines lawsuits against the largest animal agriculture firms over their contributions to climate change.
Three Yale Students Named Wyss Scholars 5
Law student Taylor Wurts ’25 was among three students at Yale recognized for their work on a range of conservation issues. At LEAP, Wurts is an Advanced CAFE Lab student and RA with LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative.
Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Stuart Babcock ’24 on Establishing Wildlife Trusts
Stuart Babcock ’24 discusses his research on the feasibility of establishing wildlife trusts in the U.S. using existing legal statutes.