Animal law program set.The Florida Bar's new Animal Law Committee will hold its inaugural seminar June 24 at the Annual Meeting in Orlando. The seminar is titled "Animal Law Issues Affecting Florida Practitioners" and is intended to educate members of the profession regarding the laws, regulations, and court decisions dealing with legal issues involving animals, including how such issues affect more traditional practice areas. The event will kick off at 8 a.m. with "Animal Law and Legal Malpractice: The Necessity to Understand Animal Law and How It Relates to Your Practice," by Steven M. Wise Steven M. Wise (born 1952) is an American legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He teaches animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Tufts , a 25-year animal law practitioner and author of Rattling the Cage, Drawing the Line, and Though the Heavens May Fall. He is also an adjunct animal law professor at the Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. , Vermont Law School Vermont Law School (VLS) is a private law school located in South Royalton, Vermont (a village of Royalton, Vermont). The school has one of the United States' leading programs in environmental law. , John Marshall Law School The John Marshall Law School is the name of two unrelated law schools, both named in honor of John Marshall.
Other segments of the seminar will address "Animal Law and the First Amendment: Animal Abuse Protest Cases," with Thomas R. Julin of Miami and Victor S. Kline of Orlando; "Trusts and Pets: Establishing Trusts for Pets Under Florida Law," with C. Randolph Coleman of Jacksonville; "The Law on Housing, Disabilities, and Therapy Pets," with Michael R. Masinter of Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center Shepard Broad Law Center, founded in 1974, is the law school of Nova Southeastern University. The Law Center is housed in Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall, located on Nova Southeastern University's main campus in Davie, Florida and is named after university founder Shepard Broad. ; "Florida Equine Law: The Proper Treatment of Florida's Horses--A Matter of Course, Of Course?" with Craig I. Scheiner; "Dangerous Dog Litigation," with Steven J. Wisotsky of Nova Southeastern; "Practicing Animal Tort Law: Practical Considerations for Animal Law Practitioners," with Marcy I. LaHart of West Palm Beach; and "Pet Store Litigation: Defective Puppies and Puppy Mill Cases," with Fred M. Kray kray (krī) [Rus.,=edge], administrative and territorial unit of Russia. There are seven krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Maritime Territory, Perm of Miami. For registration information see the Annual Meeting brochure in the May issue of The Florida Bar Journal. |
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