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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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
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Clinics in Action
July 15, 2022
For one day in the 2019–2020 academic year, Harvard Law Today followed just a handful of Harvard Law's 47 legal clinics to see their work — and their efforts to advance justice — in action.
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2022 Harvard Law School Animal Law Week
March 22, 2022
Animal law advocates gather to at Harvard Law School for the eighth annual Animal Law Week.
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$10 million endowment established for the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Program
November 10, 2021
Harvard Law School today announced the establishment of a $10 million endowment for the Animal Law & Policy Program, thanks to a gift from the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
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Animal Law & Policy Clinic assists in a victory for the Animal Welfare Institute and Farm Sanctuary
October 15, 2021
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, represented by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, scored a victory this week when a judge ruled that a lawsuit filed against the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service will move forward.
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‘It’s good to be back’
September 28, 2021
Harvard Law School employees share what they're looking forward to back on campus.