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This year, we are accepting essays on the following title:
‘Martha Nussbaum argues that animals need certain rights so that they can flourish. How far should human interests be limited in order to enable animals to flourish?’
This competition has two categories: one for university students and one for secondary school students.
Learn more about our Essay Competition and the available cash prizes here.
Our Centre is pleased to invite abstracts from PhD students working in animal rights law who are interested in presenting and discussing their research at this year’s European Animal Rights Law Conference. The Workshop will take place on 6 September 2025 at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge. PhD students admitted to the Workshop will be offered discounted full tickets for the European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025. Click here for more information.
Dr Sean Butler recently penned an article titled ‘Animal rights law: radical activism, or reasonable idea?’ This piece explores the current state and possible future of animal rights law. You can read the article here.
“The object of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is to study the law on animal rights. With support from and for colleagues in universities throughout the world, we will provide the legal thinking that will improve our understanding of animal rights laws all over the world.”
— Dr Sean Butler, Director
