Animal Legal Defense Fund

Student Chapters

Student Chapter
OF the Year

The Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter of the Year Award celebrates chapters that have shown incredible efforts in advancing the field of animal law and advocating for animals through original projects and initiatives. This award is given out at the annual Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Convention.

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Projects
for Students

The Animal Legal Defense Fund relies on its student chapters to help promote its mission and current cases through projects and events on and off campus.

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95
Active Student Chapters
2,118
Student Members

Chapters

Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapters share our mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.

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Don’t have a chapter at your school yet? Start one

Start
a Student Chapter

Student chapters are an instrumental part of a growing national movement toward recognizing the important body of law known as animal law. It’s easy to start a chapter!

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Student Chapter
Resources

Animal Legal Defense Fund provides a multitude of resources for
law students, helping them further their studies, work with top
experts, and advance the animal law movement.

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