About the eventDaina Bray and Yolanda Eisenstein will explore the unique legal issues, challenges, and strategies that arise in representing animal protection organizations, a crucial topic for law students, lawyers, and advocates working with such organizations. Drawing from Guide to Representing Animal Protection Organizations, a work they edited that draws on the expertise of 17 contributors, they will discuss the evolution of animal protection laws and the role of legal advocacy in this field. This talk aims to inspire law students, lawyers, and advocates, emphasizing their potential impact in promoting humane treatment of animals and societal change.
About the speakers
Yolanda Eisenstein is an animal law attorney in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is president of the Animal Law Commission of Paris-based Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), where she focuses on international wildlife issues and represents the UIA at the United Nations. She is vice chair of the ABA International Law Section Animal Law Committee and was an adjunct professor of law at SMU Dedman School of Law. Her books include Careers in Animal Law and The American Bar Association Guide to Dog Laws. She served as co-editor of Guide to Representing Animal Protection Organizations and Wildlife Law and Ethics. She was a contributor to Animal Cruelty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding and the Elgar Encyclopedia of Animal Law.
Daina Bray leads the Climate Change and Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative within the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School and is a Clinical Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar in Law. Daina has extensive animal law and litigation practice experience, and a sustained and pragmatic commitment to making a positive difference in the ways that we interact with non-human animals. She previously served as general counsel of the nonprofits Mercy For Animals and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and practiced with major international law firms in the areas of litigation and international arbitration. Daina is a past chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) TIPS Animal Law Committee, the ABA International Animal Law Committee, and the Tennessee Bar Association Animal Law Section. Daina received a JD from Stanford Law School, a BA in international studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead scholar, a Fulbright scholarship for research in environmental education, and the 2021 ABA Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award.
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