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Co-Sponsored by the Minnesota State Bar Association Animal Law Section and William Mitchell College of Law

The field of animal law is gaining ground as animal-related issues arise in everything from civil to criminal cases. This conference examines the ins and outs of prosecuting and defending an animal abuse case, the link between animal abuse/societal violence, current legislative and judicial actions related to animal law and more.

Topics:

What Became of the Dogs? The Custody and Placement of the Dogs Involved in the Bad Newz Kennel Case

The Link Between Animal Abuse and the Culture of Violence

And more

Application made for
6 CLE credits and
6 vet credits.

Conference Schedule

8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Welcome and ABA Update
 
9:15 am
Presentation: Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner
The Link Between Animal Abuse and the Culture of Violence
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Panel Presentation: Katy Bloomquist Prosecuting and Defending Animal Abuse Cases
11:45 pm
Break / Lunch (provided)
 
12:15 pm
Lunchtime Presentation
 
Colin Kreuziger, Esq.
Animal Law Judicial and Legislative Update; Christine Coughlin Minneapolis Circus Reform Act
1:15 pm
Presentation: Claudine Wilkins
Breed Specific Legislation
2:15 pm
Break / Snack provided
2:30 pm
Keynote Speaker
Professor Rebecca Huss
What Became of the Dogs? The Custody and Placement of the Dogs Involved in the Bad Newz Kennel Case; with Kell Ohrtman--an update on the socialization of 21 dogs
4 pm
Closing Remarks: Corwin Kruse
 

Keynote Speaker Professor Rebecca Huss

Keynote Speaker
Professor Rebecca Huss

Valparaiso University School of Law Professor Rebecca Huss has been named Guardian/Special Master of the dogs in the civil forfeiture case involving Michael Vick. Professor Huss, a noted expert on animal law,will determine the future of 48 dogs.

“My goal, and the court’s goal, is to find the best possible future for the dogs and the humans and other animals with which those dogs would come in contact," she said.

Professor Huss has been on the faculty of Valparaiso University School of Law since 1999.

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William Mitchell College of Law, founded in 1900, is an independent, private law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The college is known for cultivating practical wisdom and for creating an environment that welcomes both traditional and non-traditional law students. The largest law school in Minnesota, William Mitchell has produced many distinguished leaders at the bench and bar and in the business and civic arenas, among them the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger ’31.