In 2015 Animal Law Guild will amp up efforts to stop puppy mills by educating legal minds on the industry.  A generous donor has pledged a dollar for dollar match for these efforts up to $5000 for funds raised before 12/31/2014.  To help vulnerable animals stuck in the puppy mill cycle, donate here.

Los Angeles - Lawyers and law students were treated to an exceptional program at the Animal Law Guild's inaugural sold-out animal law conference, "Trailblazers of Animal Law."  The conference was held at Loyola Law School on September 27 and included attendees from across California and throughout the country.  Nicole Herft and Shelley Rizzotti, founders of the Animal Law Guild and trailblazers themselves, secured an impressive lineup of legal heavyweights at the podium and in the audience.  Bon Appétit Management Company, the first food service company to develop a comprehensive animal welfare plan, sponsored the event. The program included topics for everyone.  In private practice, Bruce Wagman and David Casselman, two well-known attorneys with a long history of animal cases, shared their career paths and precedent-setting cases.  On the academic front, Sande Buhai, Loyola clinical professor of law, and Sonia S. Waisman, co-author of the first animal law casebook, now in its fifth edition, discussed animal law in the classroom and what the future may hold.