While HLS does have a variety of animal-specific courses, including Animal Law, the Animal Law & Policy Clinic, and Wildlife Law, there are plenty of other ways to learn substantive law that will help you navigate the field of animal law. Below is a non-exhaustive list of recommended courses gathered from faculty and students. Each of them sheds some light on legal issues related to animal law, and will help prepare you for either a career in the field or for a lifetime of supporting and understanding animal issues.
- Administrative Law
- Animal Law
- Animal Law & Policy Clinic
- Constitutional Law: 1st Amendment
- Constitutional Law: 14th Amendment
- Corporations, Jon Hanson
- Environmental Law
- Federal Courts and the Federal System
- Food Law & Policy Clinic
- Food Law & Policy (Seminar)
- Food Law Lab, Jacob Gersen
- Legal Profession: Collaborative Law, David Hoffman
- Mediation (Course)
- Mediation Clinic
- Negotiation Workshop
- Systemic Justice, Jon Hanson
- The Law of Nonprofit Organizations, Victoria Bjorklund
- Trial Advocacy Workshop
- Wildlife Law
If you have any questions about courses or want to talk to other students who are focused on animal law, don’t hesitate to reach out to animallaw@mail.law.harvard.edu.
