Industrial Animal Agriculture Law

NOTE: This course is available in-person for JD/LLM/MSL students, or as an Online Section designed for LLM and MSL Distance Students only. Each section has its own course description. Check the current catalog or WebAdvisor to see which section is offered in any given year. See the note* below about eligibility for the Online Section for JDs, MSLs, and residential LLMs and MSLs .

Industrial Animal Agriculture Law - Professor Joyce Tischler

• Course Number: LAW-451 In-Person Section 
• Course Type: Highly Specialized
• Credits: 2
• Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
• Description: Industrialized animal agriculture, also called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), has extensive impacts on animals, humans and the environment. This course examines the legal framework underlying the industrialized use of animals for food. Students will examine the conditions in which CAFO animals are raised, transported, and slaughtered. They will review EU directives and regulations covering the care and treatment of farmed animals, and compare those laws to U.S. federal and state laws and policies that impact farmed animal welfare. Students will also study how CAFOs impact the environment, communities in which CAFOs are built, workers, food safety and public health. Students will explore legal and policy issues related to the CAFO food production system, including the impact of state ballot initiatives and consumer campaigns, and they will report on developments occurring in the U.S., as well as countries outside the U.S.
• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: paper, class attendance, and participation
• Capstone: Yes. Limited to five (5) students per semester. If more students apply, first preference will be given to students seeking the Animal Law Certificate.
• WIE: no

Industrial Animal Agriculture Law - Professor Hira Jaleel (Note: For the Fall ’24 offering of this course, Professor Jaleel will be filling in for Professor Joyce Tischler, who is on leave for the Fall semester. The course will feature lectures by Professor Tischer while Professor Jaleel will engage students in the course and grade all assignments.)

• Course Number: LAW-451 LLM  and MSL Distance Students*
• Course Type: Highly Specialized
• Credits: 3
• Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
• Description: Industrialized animal agriculture, also called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), has extensive impacts on animals, humans and the environment. This course examines the legal framework underlying the industrialized use of animals for food. Students will examine the conditions in which CAFO animals are raised, transported, and slaughtered. They will review EU directives and regulations covering the care and treatment of farmed animals, and compare those laws to U.S. federal and state laws and policies that impact farmed animal welfare. Students will also study how CAFOs impact the environment, communities in which CAFOs are built, workers, food safety and public health. Students will explore legal and policy issues related to the CAFO food production system, including the impact of state ballot initiatives and consumer campaigns, and they will report on developments occurring in the U.S., as well as countries outside the U.S.
• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: paper, and participation
• Capstone: Yes. Limited to five (5) students per semester. If more students apply, first preference will be given to students seeking the Animal Law Certificate.
• WIE: no

Notes for LC JDs, MSLs, 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, and Global Animal Law and Advanced Degree Programs Director, Raj Reddy, to take the online version if they have a compelling reason for doing so: eadavis@lclark.edu and rajreddy@lclark.edu

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