Clinics & SPOs
Animal Law & Policy Clinic
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Arctic Wildlfe, Oil, and the Rule of Law
March 25, 2026
The Arctic is ground zero for the clash between energy extraction and wildlife survival. Join us for a discussion with HKS Arctic expert, Margaret Williams and Bridget Psarianos, a Senior…
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Does a Public Actor Have the Right to Anonymity? Animal Research and Wider First Amendment Implications
March 25, 2026
Should public decision-makers be allowed to remain anonymous? Starting with the charged issue of animal research oversight, this panel confronts the broader First Amendment implications…
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Animal Advocacy and Big Law Under the Trump Administration: A Conversation with David Wolfson, Milbank Executive Director and Partner
January 26, 2026
The HLS Animal Law Society hosts David Wolfson, Partner and Executive Director at Milbank, for a conversation about his parallel stellar careers in big law…
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Please join us for a conversation with state prosecutors Jessica Rock (Georgia) and Michelle Welch (Virginia), along with Mary Hollingsworth, Director of the HLS Animal…
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Please join the HLS Animal Law Society for a conversation with Caitlin Hawkes (Chief Program Officer, ALDF), Melissa Alpert (HLS ’17, Staff Attorney Humane World…
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Careers in Animal Law
March 3, 2025
Explore the diverse landscape of animal law careers with Tené Johnson, Alysson Gambardella, Melissa Alpert, and Isabella Nilsson. These extraordinary professionals will share their unique…
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At the Brink brings together two leading wildlife attorneys, Erica Fuller and Ramona McGee, to share their experience using creative lawyering to protect some of…
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From the Iditarod Dogsled Race to Groundhog Day, from rattlesnake hunts to frog jumping contests, and from camel races to butterfly parades, we humans across…
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Has the Next Pandemic Already Begun?
March 2, 2025
We are living through the largest avian influenza outbreak in U.S. history. Since arriving in 2022, H5N1 bird flu has left more than 155 million…
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Animal Law and Policy Program Clinic Meet-and-Greet
January 27, 2025
The Animal Law and Policy Program and the Harvard Animal Law Society invites you to join us for lunch to learn more about the Clinic,…
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Penny, a 3 year-old beagle, visited Harvard Law School to meet Mary Hollingsworth, director of the Animal Law & Policy Clinic, whose work led to her release from an inhumane breeding facility.
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Lone Wolf No More
October 1, 2024
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target.
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Lone Wolf No More
September 30, 2024
Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target
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Mary Hollingsworth named director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic
January 11, 2024
Mary Hollingsworth has been named director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, effective Jan. 1.
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The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program (ALPP) at Harvard Law School has announced Nirva Kapasi Patel as its new executive director.
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Katie Martinez ’23 and Ben Rankin ’23 are the recipients of the 2023 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Awards.
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‘The legacy I hope to leave’
May 10, 2023
Barbara “Babs” Tsao ’23 was 13 years old when her family moved from a leafy suburb in California’s Bay Area to a ranch in a small Texas town where her stepfather raised alpacas and her mother opened her own sushi restaurant.
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All Creatures Great and Small
February 14, 2023
The HLS animal law program is trying to prove that better animal welfare is good for everyone