Where to study Animal Law

Australia 
As the discipline of animal law is in its early stages in Australia, unfortunately there are limited opportunities for undertaking a course of study in this area at the moment.

The following is a list of courses that we understand are currently available for those who wish to study animal law in Australia. Please contact the universities directly for specific course information:

  • Bond University (Robina, Gold Coast, Qld): This is an undergraduate course which was taught for the first time in May 2008.  
  • Deakin University (Geelong Campus, Vic): The Faculty of Business and Law includes an animal law component in its course on Human, Economic & Legal Rights.
  • Griffith University (Nathan Campus, Qld): This is an undergraduate course which was last taught in January 2008. 
  • Monash University Law School (Clayton, Vic): This is a prospective undergraduate subject scheduled to commence in 2009.
  • Southern Cross University (Byron Bay Campus, NSW): This is an undergraduate course in SCU’s Summer School program. The course was last taught in December 2006.
  • University of New South Wales (Kensington, NSW): This is a Masters of Law subject which can also be taken as a one-off, and is open to undergraduate and postgraduate law students, and to graduates of other disciplines. Students need not come from UNSW. The course is usually taught over two weekends and was last taught in 2008.
  • University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus, NSW): This undergraduate elective unit is currently being developed by the Faculty of Law and is scheduled to be offered for the first time in second semester 2009. The course will be taught by Celeste Black and will be run on a seminar basis with two seminars of two hours each being held on a weekly basis over the 13 week semester period. Cross-institutional enrolment is available.  
  • University of Wollongong (Wollongong, NSW): This elective subject for LLB undergraduates will commence in Spring Session 2008. The subject will be taught by Elizabeth Ellis in small group seminars, two hours per week for 13 weeks. Some prior law study is required, including completion of Administrative Law. Cross-institutional enrolment is available, subject to priority for UOW students.

Please contact us if you hear about any other animal law courses that are not listed above or if you become aware that animal law is taught as a component of a course offered at your Australian law faculty.

Overseas

New Zealand

  • Canterbury University Faculty of Law (Christchurch): Undergraduate subject taught for the first time in 2006.
  • Auckland University Faculty of Law: Undergraduate subject taught for the first time in 2006. A Masters paper (intensive) was taught in August 2006 and is next scheduled for 2008/09.

United States

  • Animal law is now being taught in more than 85 law schools in the United States, including Harvard, Columbia and New York University. For further details about course offerings in the United States, we suggest that you visit the websites of the Animal Legal Defense Fund or the National Center for Animal Law.

Canada 

  • McGill University Faculty of Law (Montreal, Quebec)
  • University of Quebec (Montreal, Quebec)
  • University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia): This course was last taught in 2004.
  • University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia)
  • University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario): This course was last taught in 2006.
  • Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  • University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)

United Kingdom

  • John Moores University (Liverpool)
  • Northumbria University (Newcastle)
  • University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
  • Leeds Law School (Leeds): This course is next scheduled to be taught in February 2008. 
  • University of East Anglia: This course was last taught in 2000.
  • Kingston University (London): This course was last taught in 2006.

Portugal

  • University of Lisbon: This course was last offered in 2004.

Switzerland

  • Zurich Law School

Israel

  • Ramat Gan College (Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv)
  • Rishon Lezion College (Rishon Lezion)
  • Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv)

China

  • University of Science and Technology of China
Last Updated on 20th June 2008 
 
 
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