Our Centre is pleased to announce its first Animal Rights Law Essay Competition. Our first competition title follows in the footsteps of the competition run in 1795 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, when the question was: Anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare? (“Is it lawful to enslave the unconsenting?”). The competition was won by Thomas Clarkson, setting him on a course to become one of the leading English abolitionists. Our Centre is now inviting essays on the same question: Is it lawful to enslave the unconsenting?Three prizes will be awarded. Click here to find out more about how to participate.
Call for Applications Law Lecturers' Workshop
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is inviting up to four Law lecturers from European universities to Cambridge for a 4-day workshop on how to offer an Animal Rights Law course, to be held in Cambridge on mutually agreeable dates in May 2021. Travel to Cambridge and accommodation costs in Cambridge will be covered by the Centre. More information about the Workshop and on how to apply is available in the Law Lecturers’ Workshop section.
Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy Term Card
We are delighted to release the Michaelmas Term card of the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. Three exciting speakers will be presenting and discussing their work with us: on October 23rd, Angus Nurse from Middlesex University will be presenting on “Animal Harm: Perspectives on Why People Harm and Kill Animals”. Jodi Lazare from Dalhousie University will be delivering her talk “Ag-Gag in Canada and the Constitutional Right to See” on November 12th. Finally, Taimie Bryant from UCLA School of Law will conclude the term’s events with a talk on “Advancing the Social Justice Interests of Nonhuman and Human Animals Through Pursuit of Due Process for Dogs”. Due to the pandemic, all talks will be held on Zoom. Click here for more information about how to register.