U. Va. Offers First-Ever Animal Law Class This Fall

USA Today | October 29, 2009

After receiving a $1 million grant to establish the Bob Barker Animal Rights Program, U. Va. offered its first course in animal law this fall. The course, "Animal Law 9040," examines the "legal issues pertaining to animals, the laws that govern their treatment, as well as a number of topics that fall within the general headings 'animal law' and 'animal rights,'" said Margaret "Mimi" Riley, who teaches the three-credit seminar. "The class is a great way for students to explore legal principles in the context of a subject area that interests them," Riley said. "It's also an area of law that is evolving rapidly."