Lecturers’ Workshops

The Law Lecturers’ Workshops are part of our Centre’s teaching outreach mission, which aims at giving interested Law lecturers the tools to teach an Animal Rights Law course at their home university. In the Workshops, we are sharing all the course materials from the Cambridge Animal Rights Law course, we discuss strategies of how to put together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, we look at what readings to include, as well as at how to get students involved beyond class participation.

The Workshops support a key goal of our Centre, which is to have courses in Animal Rights Law offered in 100 universities worldwide within 5 years. The Workshops are delivered by Dr Raffael Fasel and Dr Sean Butler, and managed and organized by Junior Research Associate Dr Eva Bernet Kempers.

During 2025, we will have an online Law Lecturers’ Workshop in May (applications closed), a Workshop in Cambridge from 8-12 September 2025, and a Workshop in Chile in November. More information about our November Workshop in Chile will be released in the coming months.

Applications for our next Law Lecturers’ Workshop in Cambridge are open

We are now accepting applications for our Law Lecturers’ Workshop held at Jesus College in Cambridge, UK, from 8-12 September 2025.

The Workshop will be given in English by Dr Sean Butler (Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge) and Dr Raffael Fasel (Assistant Professor in Public Law, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge), who together teach Animal Rights Law as part of the undergraduate Law degree at the University of Cambridge. Drs Butler and Fasel have also written the first textbook on Animal Rights Law (Hart Publishing 2023).

In the Workshop, Drs Butler and Fasel will share all the course materials from their Cambridge University course, discuss strategies of how to put together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, and look at what readings to include and how to involve students. Participants will also develop and present their own Animal Rights Law course outline during the Workshop. Participants of the Workshop will become members of the Animal Rights Law Teaching Network, a global community of Animal Rights Law teachers.

The registration fee for the Workshop is 350 GBP. To apply, please send your CV and a statement of interest (max. 500 words) to Dr Eva Bernet Kempers (eva@animalrightslaw.org). The deadline for applications is 13 June 2025.

In your statement of interest, please express your motivation and experience with Animal Rights Law. Most importantly, explain what your university affiliation is and whether, why, and where you expect to be able to offer your own course or teaching in the next 2 years. Up to 12 participants will be selected for the Workshop.

Our Law Lecturers ’ Workshops are made possible through the generous support of the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR). We also thank the Jeremy Coller Foundation for their support.

The official callout for this Workshop can be found here.