As we continue to encounter pressing issues like climate change or various public health emergencies, the need for creative and innovative solutions continues to rise. Join Stanford FoodSoc for a panel conversation with 2 SLS graduates working in animal law to address current and future public policy challenges. Our panelists will discuss the research they are conducting at their institutions, covering topics like climate litigation strategy, zoonotic disease, and animal agriculture. Lunch will be served upon RSVP: https://forms.gle/cHBGmS1qFiJLe2JAA.

Ann Linder is a Wildlife and Live Animal Markets Fellow at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard Law School. She received her JD from Stanford Law School and holds a Masters of Science in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University, where her thesis examined the effect of phylogenetic relatedness on trial outcomes in Endangered Species Act Cases. Much of her work focuses on the intersection of animal law and criminal law, including both wildlife trafficking and crimes of neglect or abuse against domestic animals. More recently, she has been involved in research studying the links between animal markets and infectious disease.

Daina Bray is a Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and a leading animal protection attorney. Since 2021, Bray has served as a Senior Litigation Fellow and Project Manager at the Law, Ethics, and Animals Program at Yale Law School, where she has overseen the Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative. She is a 2004 graduate of Stanford Law School, where she received Pro Bono distinction, and a 1998 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa. 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.