The Animal Law and Advocacy (ALA) project assists Animal Partisan in developing legal theories to alleviate the suffering of animals in farms, slaughterhouses, and laboratories. Occasionally, this work may intersect with other social justice matters such as climate change, public health, food justice, and/or worker’s rights.
Students in ALA will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful pro bono work through:
- Researching and proposing novel litigation or enforcement techniques
- Exploring federal and state public records laws
- Investigating potentially unlawful corporate conduct
- Drafting legal and/or policy memoranda
- Engaging in the legislative process through proposals, comments, and petitions
Participating students will have some flexibility in choosing the subject area and/or legal skills they would like to focus on.
Supervision: Students in Animal Law and Advocacy provide legal services under the supervision of attorneys at Animal Partisan.
Time commitment: 10-20 hours each semester. Weekly meetings during the lunch period (1-2pm) for the Fall semester (Thursdays); likely bi-weekly lunch meetings Spring semester (day TBD). Students can generally work as much or as little as they would like within these timeframes, as long as they complete the tasks to which they commit, absent any extenuating circumstances.
For more information, please contact the student leaders at animallawsociety@berkeley.edu.