We are delighted to announce the winners of this year's Animal Rights Law Essay Competition. In the university category, Elien Verniers (PhD candidate, University of Ghent) was awarded the first place (£750). Francesca Jackson (LLB student, Lancaster University) came in second (£500), and the third place (£250) went to Ashleigh Best (PhD candidate, Melbourne Law School). In the secondary school student category, we awarded a Winning Commendation and two Special Commendations. The schools of those who were awarded a Commendation received prizes of £250. You can read the winning essays here.
Call for applications Law Lecturers' Workshop
Our Centre is inviting applications for its 2022 Law Lecturers’ Workshop. The 5-day Workshop is open to Law lecturers and PhD students interested in teaching animal rights law, and will be held at the Animal & Law Chair of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, from 18th to 22nd July 2022. The Workshop will have dedicated sessions for participants from Belgian and Dutch universities, for whom travel to and from Antwerp will be covered. Accommodation (if required) will be covered for all participants. More information about the Workshop and how to apply is available here.
A warm welcome to our new academic Visitors
Our Centre is delighted to host two academic Visitors during Lent Term: Carolina Leiva Ilabaca and Katharina Braun. Carolina is a lawyer and PhD candidate in Law at the University of Chile and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research at our Centre will be focused on examining different approaches to the concept of subjecthood, with the aim of a possible ascription of subjective rights to non-human animals. Katharina is a PhD candidate in Law at Freie Universität Berlin. During her visit at our Centre, Katharina will be examining whether the concept of consent can be employed to distinguish between permissible and impermissible human-animal interactions such as in the context of animal farming and animal testing. You can view their full research profiles here. Our Visitors will also present their research in the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series.