Animal Law Legislation and Lobbying

Animal Law Legislation and Lobbying - Professor Russ Mead 

• Course Number: LAW-448 - In-person section only
• Course Type: Highly Specialized and Experiential
• Credits: 2
• Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
• Description: Much of the work in animal law is creating, community organizing, and lobbying for the passage of laws benefiting animals. This course teaches a step-by-step method of drafting new legislation. Students will select a jurisdiction and draft a piece of animal law legislation for that jurisdiction. Then the course shifts to community organizing and lobbying for the passage of that legislation. Students will practice lobbying techniques including meeting with legislators, giving committee testimony, and giving interviews. Students will also learn how to create and use mass media content promoting the proposed legislation. While this course is designed around animal law legislation and lobbying, it would be beneficial to students interested in any type of advocacy and public interest law.
• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: Students will create a new piece of animal law legislation, and a collection of lobbying materials to aid in the passing of that legislation.
• Capstone: No
• WIE: Yes

Animal Law Legislation and Lobbying - Professor AJ Albrecht 

• Course Number: LAW-448 - LLM and MSL Distance Students only
• Course Type: Highly Specialized and Experiential
• Credits: 3
• Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
• Description: This course will equip students with the skills needed to conceptualize, draft, and pass legislation that benefits animals. The course will follow a typical policy intervention. First, students will survey existing animal laws and identify opportunities for improvement. Second, students will learn how to draft a piece of legislation, using a practical policy design framework. And finally, students will learn how to advocate for the passage of their draft legislation through hands-on, interactive lobbying activities amongst themselves. Students should complete the course with the resources, skills and confidence they need to bring about meaningful public policy change for animals in their chosen jurisdiction. 
• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: Participation via discussion posts, recorded video submissions, and a final project 
• Capstone: No
• WIE: No

Notes for LC JDs and residential LLMs and MSLs:

*This class is for online LLM and MSL students. In-person students may petition the Associate Dean of Students, Libby Davis (eadavis@lclark.edu), along with the Director of the Animal Law Program, Rajesh Reddy (rajreddy@lclark.edu), to take the online version if they have a compelling reason for doing so.

Those students should consult the distance learning policy prior to signing up for distance learning courses.