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

In these difficult economic times, we must not lose sight of the effect on our animals. This year's conference examines how our national economy and current budgetary environment impacts animal legal issues.

Topics:

Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape Fear River: a Depiction of Factory Farming

The Nonhuman Rights Project: Progress toward the First Common Law Fundamental Right for Animals

Application made for
6 CLE credits and 6 vet credits.

Registration:

Register Now

NOTE: You must be an MSBA member to register online. Online payments (if required) must use a VISA or Mastercard. You should receive an email confirming your online registration. If you do not, please contact Kim Basting at kbasting@mnbar.org.

REGISTER ONLINE BY:
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Non-Members, please send registration form with payment to:
MSBA
Attn: Kim Basting
600 Nicollet Mall #380
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Fax: 612-333-4927

More information:

Laura Hage: 651-690-1584 or lahagelaw@aol.com

Conference Schedule

8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Opening Remarks: Welcome and ABA Update
9:15 am
Key Note Speaker Steve Wise: Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of Cape Fear River: A Depiction of Factory Farming
10:45 am
Dr. Julie Wilson and Kristen Cleary: Economic and Legal Effects of the Present Economy on Animals
11:45 am
Lunch Break : Networking opportunity and Book Signing by Steve Wise (Vegan Lunch Provided)
12:15 pm
Jamie Becker-Finn: Animal Law and Judicial and Legislative Update
1:15 pm
Howard Goldman: Logistics Regarding Shelters and Sanctuaries
1:45 pm
Karma Kumlin Diers and Barbara Gislason: Emergency Management Table Top Exercises: Nuclear Meltdown
2:15 pm
Break / Snack provided
2:30 pm
Keynote Speaker Steve Wise, Center for Expansion of Fundamental Rights:The Nonhuman Rights Project: Progress toward the First Common Law Fundamental Right for Animals
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks: Katy Bloomquist
 

Steve Wise


Keynote Speaker Steven Wise, J.D. has practiced animal protection law for twenty years and teaches animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, and in the Masters Program in Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, he has written numerous scholarly articles about animal rights and has collaborated and communicated for years with leading scientists in the fields of primatology and animal intelligence and behavior.

Steven Wise will be signing books during the lunch break

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.