Apr032026
Animal Law Week Animal Law Week Day 5: “Does a Public Actor Have the Right to Anonymity? Animal Research and Wider First Amendment Implications”
Event Overview
Friday, April 3 from 12:15–1:15pm
Location: WCC 1023 or Zoom
“Does a Public Actor Have the Right to Anonymity? Animal Research and Wider First Amendment Implications”
Should public decision-makers be allowed to remain anonymous? Using the charged issue of animal research oversight as a starting point, this panel confronts the broader First Amendment implications of anonymity in public life. Join a powerhouse panel featuring Noah Feldman, a Harvard University Professor and one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars; Asher Smith, Director of Litigation at the PETA Foundation, who litigates these issues from an animal advocacy perspective; and Julia Allison, a Shorenstein Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School specializing in the intersection of media and politics.
A plant-based lunch will be served.
Please register here to attend in person: https://forms.gle/s4CK1HA7ZBXCVwv77
