Animal Law Clinic

Session I: May 27 - June 30, Monday - Thursday 12:30pm - 6:30pm, Fridays vary
Session II: July 1 – August 4, Monday – Thursday 12:30pm – 6:30pm, Fridays vary

Please Note: In addition to enrolling in the clinic, students may enroll in other Animal Law classes. There are no time conflicts.

Limit: 6 students

Description:

The Animal Law Clinic (ALC) provides clinical training to second, third and fourth-year students. The ALC emphasis is on state litigation, but often includes administrative actions, transactional matters, federal litigation, lobbying, and regulatory matters. Students will learn to interview and counsel clients; research and draft pleadings and motions; attend court hearings and trials; and otherwise advocate for clients. Students will participate in a weekly 2-hour class covering substantive issues and lawyering skills, meet with the Staff Attorney as needed, and spend a minimum of 26 hours per week on assigned work. In addition to discussions regarding animal protection lawyering, classes will provide opportunities for students to engage in mock lawyering tasks to hone their interviewing, negotiating, counseling, trial advocacy, and persuasive skills. While the ALC will not include an ethics portion for credit, students will be exposed to and will learn professionalism and conflicts issues critical to being an effective animal advocate. The ALC takes cases that maximize the students’ opportunities to learn animal lawyering skills. Students will also earn the opportunity to work with attorneys and organizations nationwide to gain broad exposure to careers in animal law.

Students will earn 4 credits per session. The ALC is a credit/no credit course with no final examination or paper requirement. Outside reading or case preparation may be required, typically not to exceed three hours per week. The ALC is offered as two separate summer sessions, which means that students may elect to take the clinic for one or both sessions.

Students must have permission to register for this course. To request permission, email Jami Pannell (jpannell@lclark.edu) prior to the class registration deadline. Include your name, your year in law school, the session(s) in which you wish to enroll, and the reasons for your interest in working with the ALC. If there is more student demand than the ALC can accommodate, preference will be based on demonstrated interest in animal law, year in school, and interest in both sessions. The sooner students notify the instructor of their interest, the more likely they will obtain permission to register.

The Animal Law Clinic is on campus in the lower level of Wood Hall. Students will work in the Animal Law Clinic Monday through Thursday, and have the option of working outside of the Clinic on Friday. There will be a 2-hour class once per week, on Tuesdays from 2pm – 4pm (room TBA.)

Jami L. Pannell, Staff Attorney, Animal Law Clinic