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Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs: Approaching Animals as Quasi-Party Crime Victims
Thursday, November 10, 2022, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT
Category: Webinar

Starting with Connecticut’s Desmond’s Law, Courtroom Animal Advocate Programs provide a statutory basis for courts to appoint independent pro-bono counsel to assist the judge, prosecutor, and defense counsel in meeting the interests of animals involved in cruelty cases. As such, these laws unite the goals of two legal fields: victim rights law – which argues that crime victims have a meaningful place in their own cases – and animal law – which argues that animals have legally cognizable interests.

The Animal Legal Defense  Fund’s David B. Rosengard joins Justice Clearinghouse in examining different approaches these laws take to spotlighting the needs of animals as crime victims, and ways that Advocates working under these programs give rise to better outcomes, by fulfilling a role separate from that of either the prosecutor or defense.

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Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM MT
Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM PT

 

This webinar has been certified by the National Animal Care & Control Association and is approved for 1 Continuing Education Unit. Please refer to your NACA membership portal for current CEU submission process. Current NACA Members who attend the live presentation or watch the recording will be able to download a jointly issued attendance certificate that includes the National Animal Care & Control Association logo. Visit the NACA training page for a complete list of future trainings.