Vermont Law School's Current Issues in Animal Law Lecture Series

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Through this informative series we aim to explore legal solutions to the integrated challenges of animal and environmental protection. The Feb. 5 event is titled "Environmental, Public Health, and Other Societal Harms of Extreme Farmed Animal Confinement" and will feature The Humane Society of America's Laura Fox JD/MELP'13 as the keynote speaker. The March 12 event’s topic is “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies,” and will feature guest speaker Randall Abate of Monmouth University. On April 9, Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project will present “The Struggle to Gain Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals.” The series, which is free and open to the public, will be livestreamed from 1 to 2 p.m. at vermontlaw.edu/live.