The following event might be of interest:

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, University of Washington Chapter,
will present:

Crisis at the Crossroads: Animals, the Environment, and the Law

Friday, January 22, 2010

William H. Gates Hall, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle


Program Highlights:

· Fighting pollution at factory farms – applying state and federal
statutes

· DNA and the ivory trade – the application of scientific tools to
stop poaching

· SLAPPed for speaking out – the misuse of food disparagement laws

· Uncovering animal cruelty – undercover investigations and public
records litigation

· The morality of food production – the ethics of industrial
agriculture

The keynote address “Acronym Soup: NEPA, SEPA, and CAFOS” will be given by
Professor William Rodgers, University of Washington School of Law

The program has been approved for 5.25 General CLE Credits and 1 Ethics CLE
Credit.

This program is made possible by generous grants from the Animal Legal
Defense Fund, the Graduate and Professional Students’ Society, and Associate
Dean Mary Hotchkiss at the University of Washington School of Law.


Registration is free but preregistration is required. Please register by
January 15, 2010 to confirm your seat.

To view the .pdf program flyer and to register online, please see:
https://www.law.washington.edu/cle/Registration/Seminars/AnimalLaw.aspx

Questions about the program? Please call UW CLE at 206-543-0059 or
800-253-8648. E-mail address: uwcle@u.washington.edu. Website:
www.law.washington.edu/cle/

To request accommodations for the disabled, please contact the Disability
Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206-543-6450 (voice);
206-543-6452 (TTY); 206-685-7264 (fax); or dso@u.washington.edu (email).