October 11, 2023 , Manatees Move Toward Restored Endangered Species Safeguards

For Immediate Release: 11 October 2023

Octopus in a tank appearing pale

September 11, 2023 Progress in the Fight to Protect Cephalopods Used in Research in the U.S.

"Ensuring a modicum of federal oversight for these animals is a step in the right direction," says Rachel Mathews, Acting Clinic Director

Laura Lee Cascada / The Every Animal Project / We Animals Media

August 22, 2023 , Cultural Practitioners, Marine Wildlife Advocates Succeed in Shutting Octopus Petting Zoo

For Immediate Release: 22 August 2023

April 21, 2023 Inside the Harvard Law School Clinic Advocating for Animal Rights

The work of the Animal Law & Policy Clinic under the leadership of Professor Katherine A. Meyer, who steps down at the end of this semester, is the cover story of The Harvard Crimson today.

April 10, 2023 , Clinic Submits Public Comments to USDA on Animal Handling, Enrichment, and Personnel Training

By Hallie Aylesworth, Elizabeth Duncan, and Andrew Slottje

African elephants in the grass.

March 20, 2023 , Clinic, PAWS Push Feds to End African Elephant Capture, Trophy Hunting

A blog by Clinical Instructor Rachel Mathews about joint comments submitted today by Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic and the Performing Animal Welfare Society in response to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to revise a special rule governing trade in African elephants under the Endangered Species Act.