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David Wolfson Speaks About Legal Strategies to Protect Farm Animals
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School hosted David Wolfson, Executive Director of Milbank, a partner of the firm’s Corporate Group, and a key strategist, pro bono attorney and supporter of the farm animal protection movement.

Justin Marceau Calls on Animal Welfare Movement to Move “Beyond Cages”
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) hosted Justin Marceau, Professor of Law at University of Denver, for a discussion of his new book, Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment.

LEAP Welcomes Inaugural Student Fellows
Twenty-six students from Yale’s graduate and professional programs have joined the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School as LEAP Student Fellows.

LEAP Hosts Angela Fernandez to Discuss Pierson v. Post
Law professor and legal historian Angela Fernandez ’02 LL.M ’07 J.S.D. spoke to students in the Animal Law class about her book, Pierson v. Post: The Hunt for the Fox, Law and Professionalization in American Legal Culture.

Law, Ethics & Animals Program to Launch
A new initiative, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) will launch during the 2019–2020 academic year dedicated to drawing attention to the questions of conscience raised by human-animal relationships and developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty.