Lecturers’ Workshops

The Law Lecturers’ Workshops are part of our Centre’s teaching outreach mission, which aims at giving interested Law lecturers the tools to teach an Animal Rights Law course at their home university. In the Workshops, we are sharing all the course materials from the Cambridge Animal Rights Law course, we discuss strategies of how to put together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, we look at what readings to include, as well as at how to get students involved beyond class participation.

The Workshops support a key goal of our Centre, which is to have courses in Animal Rights Law offered in 100 universities worldwide within 5 years. The Workshops are delivered by Dr Raffael Fasel and Dr Sean Butler, and managed and organized by Junior Research Associate Dr Eva Bernet Kempers.

This year, we had an online Law Lecturers’ Workshop in May and a Workshop in Cambridge from 8-12 September. Our next Workshop will be held in Chile from 1-5 December. In 2026, we will be holding a Law Lecturers Workshop in Oklahoma, USA, from 13-17 July. Find out more about this Workshop below.

Registration is now open for the 2026 Law Lecturers’ Workshop in Oklahoma

Our Law Lecturers’ Workshop, which will be held from 13–17 July 2026 at Oklahoma City University, US, hosted by Charis Ward.

The Workshop will be taught in English by Dr Sean Butler (Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge) and Dr Raffael Fasel (Assistant Professor in Public Law, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge). Drs Butler and Fasel teach Animal Law at the University of Cambridge and are the authors of the first academic textbook on the subject (Animal Rights Law, Hart Publishing 2023).

In the Workshop, Drs Butler and Fasel will share all the course materials from their Cambridge University course, discuss strategies for putting together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, and consider which readings to include and how best to involve students. Participants will also develop and present their own Animal Rights Law course outline during the Workshop. Participants of the Workshop will become members of the Animal Rights Law Teaching Network, a global community of Animal Rights Law teachers.

Registration fee: $250.00

Application deadline: 1 March 2026 🗓️ We will consider submissions received after that date on a rolling basis until all spots at the Workshop are full.

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter (max. 500 words) to Dr Eva Bernet Kempers: eva@animalrightslaw.org. In your cover letter, please explain your interest and experience in the field of Animal Law. Specify your institutional affiliation and detail if you hope to offer your own course in the next two years, why, and in what context. Up to 12 people will be selected to participate in the Workshop.

This Workshop is made possible by the Kirkpatrick Foundation. We are deeply grateful for their support.

Our Law Lecturers’ Workshops and the Law Lecturers' Network are supported by the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR).

You can find the official call for applications here.