Our People | Animal Law & Policy Program

Program Faculty & Staff

Kristen Stilt Faculty Director and Professor of Law

Nirva Kapasi Patel Executive Director

Ceallaigh Reddy Program Administrator

Ann Linder Associate Director of Policy and Research

Kelley McGill Legislative Policy Fellow

Bonnie Nadzam Writer and Editor

Clinic Staff & Fellows

Mary Hollingsworth Visiting Clinical Professor and Clinic Director

Visiting Scholars, Researchers & Fellows

Macarena Montes Franceschini Rights of Nature Fellow

Pablo P. Castelló Visiting Fellow

Former Fellows, Scholars, Researchers & Staff

In addition to our core team, each year the Animal Law & Policy Program hosts several Visiting Fellows and Visiting Researchers. These visiting appointments provide opportunities for outstanding scholars from a range of disciplines and legal practitioners to spend a semester or academic year in residence at Harvard Law School working on their own research, writing, and scholarly engagement on projects in the field of animal law and policy.

ALPP Alumni

Student Animal Law Society 2024–2025

Lla Anderson President

Nyala Carbado Vice President

Vinny Byju Nature Events Chair

Shira Fischer Internal Chair

Jonathan Smith Internal Chair

Valerie Wilson McCarthy Campus Advocacy Chair

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Devin James Communications Chair

New Harvard Animal Law Society Board Members

HALS has elected a new Board for the upcoming academic year. Congratulations to our incoming 2025–2026 Board members! Bios and photos coming later this summer.

President: Valerie McCarthy
Vice President: Andrew Ciacca
Treasurer: Jackson Faulkner
Internal Chair: Shira Fischer
Campus Advocacy Chair: Mahima Menghani
Events Chair: Julia Greve
Communications Chair: Elizabeth Messman
Webmaster: Andrew Zhang
Macarena Montes: LLM Representative