The Animal Legal Defense Fund has invited me to deliver the keynote address at the first symposium of their Los Angeles regional attorney network, at USC Gould School of Law. I’m really looking forward to the event, and seeing everyone in LA! You can still register online today.
Here’s more from the Anima Legal Defense Fund:
Registration for the 2015 ALDF Animal Law Symposium is now open! Register here.
When:Â Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 8:45 AM to 6:00 PM (with networking reception to follow)
Where:Â USC Gould School of Law
699 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089You are cordially invited to attend the first symposium of the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Los Angeles regional attorney network. Law professionals and students can expect an informative daylong CLE focused on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)—aka “factory farmsâ€â€”and their impacts on animals, humans, and the environment.
Top experts will discuss the legal and grassroots strategies being used to challenge and change the harmful impacts of CAFOs. Speakers include: Carter Dillard, director of litigation at ALDF; Kathy Hessler, clinical director at Lewis & Clark Law School; Paige Tomaselli, senior staff attorney at Center for Food Safety; and Leslie Brueckner, senior attorney at Public Justice, among others. Will Potter, journalist and author of Green is the New Red, and Ethan Brown, CEO of Beyond Meat, will deliver keynote addresses. Full agenda and list of all panelists can be found here.
This symposium is presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the USC Gould School of Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. Attorneys will be eligible to receive 5.5 CLE credits through the State Bar of California.
Space is limited, so register today!  Early-bird rates available through March 1.