About this Event
Dynamics of Global Conflict Cooperation
Animals cross national boundaries. Likewise, animal legal issues are not confined to individual countries. As challenging as animal law can be within countries, the complexities increase when more than one country is involved. Join us and our panel of experts to discuss the different ways to manage international animal law matters. Bianka Atlas, Edie Bowles, and Jim Karani will share their experiences and lead the conversation. This is the second of two webinars addressing international animal law disputes
Speakers
Bianka Atlas received her LLM (Hons) in Animal Law from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2020, writing her final thesis on the welfare of farmed fish in Aotearoa New Zealand. Bianka also holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland, and a Master of Science (Childhood Studies) from the University of Edinburgh.
Bianka has worked in campaigns, operations management, fundraising, regulatory advisory, and governance roles for the New Zealand government at an animal protection non-profits. She has published and presented on a range of animal law issues, including aquatic animal protection, the link between domestic violence and animal abuse, and international wildlife law. She currently works as a regulatory advisor on CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
Jim Karani is an attorney who advises on Criminal, Animal and Environmental law. He is a co- founder of Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa and works in the courts, with policy makers, and stakeholders to strengthen the legal protection of wildlife species and habitats they live in. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at John Jay College CUNY with research interests in environmental criminology.
Edie Bowles is a solicitor and the managing director of Advocates for Animals and executive director of The Animal Law Foundation. She has advised almost all of the main animal protection organisations, smaller organisations and individuals across all animal protection law and campaigning. She often speaks on animal protection issues and has done so in the UK Parliament, the French Senat and the East African Legislative Assembly.
Moderator
Kathy Hessler is the inaugural Assistant Dean for Animal Legal Education at George Washington University Law School (GWU), and Director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative (ALEI), working with Joan Schaffner and Iselin Gambert, in a program made possible by generous support from ALDF.
Dean Hessler has been a clinical law professor for 30 years and has been teaching animal law for 22 years. She is the first law professor hired to teach animal law full-time. She received her JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary and her LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.
Dean Hessler helped develop the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School (L&C). For fourteen years she taught there and directed the Animal Law Clinic, which was named one of the top fifteen most innovative clinics in 2015. She also created and directed the Aquatic Animal Law Initiative and is the co-founder of World Aquatic Animal Day along with Amy P. Wilson.
