Finding a Topic

The following sources can be helpful when choosing or revising a topic (just don’t forget to also do a preemption check by searching working papers and law review articles to make sure your tentative topic hasn’t already been written on).

ABA Journal:

Animal Law

Blogs:

Animal Blawg
Animal Law Update
Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
Animal Legal Defense Fund Blog
ASPCA Blog
Equine Law Blog
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resources Law Blog: Updated weekly by 2L and 3L staff members of KJEANRL to provide a reliable online counterpart to the print copy of the journal.

Current Events (via databases available at Emory University)

Animal Welfare Organizations:

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Equine Advocates
Habitat for Horses
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
Nonhuman Rights Project
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine – Animal Testing and Alternatives
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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