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 by Teaching Network Manager Eva Bernet Kempers.

Applications are open for our 2025 Law Lecturers’ Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is thrilled to announce that our next Workshop will be held at the University of Western Cape, South Africa, in collaboration with Professor Angela van der Berg from 7-11 April 2025 at the Global Environmental Law Centre. Find the full Call for Applications here.

The Workshop will be given in English by Dr Sean Butler and Dr Raffael Fasel. 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 develop their own Animal Rights Law course outline during the Workshop. In addition, a session on Pedagogy of Animal Rights Law’ will be taught by an educational expert to support interactive teaching methods.

The Workshop is open to law lecturers and professors, as well as PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, who expect to be in a position to offer an Animal Rights Law course on a credit-basis or non-credit basis to students in the near future. Preference will be given to candidates working at universities in the South African region, but applications from other candidates will also be considered.

The fee for participation from Monday to Friday is R 2200. This fee covers the full programme, lunch during workshop days, and 2 dinners. It does not cover accommodation.

If your university does not cover the fee for the Workshop and you want to apply for a hardship grant, please add a statement of max. 300 words explaining the reasons why you are in need of funding. We have a limited number of grants available to cover the fee of the Workshop.

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 17 January 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.

The Centre holds two to three Workshops every year, throughout the world. This year, there was a Workshop from 11-13 April in Newcastle (UK), a Workshop from 1-5 July in Hyderabad (India), and a Workshop from 5-7 September in Barcelona (Spain).