Careers in Animal Law

Yolanda Eisenstein is an animal protection lawyer and consultant in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is president of the Animal Law Commission of Paris-based Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), a global association of lawyers established in 1927. She also represents the UIA at the United Nations, where she works on environmental and global wildlife issues. Her international advocacy includes Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa, a Kenyan nonprofit, where she serves on the board of directors, contributing to wildlife conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a previous chair of the ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee and, in 2018, received their "Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law" award in recognition of her work to advance the humane treatment of animals through the law.

Eisenstein earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law, where she was an adjunct professor in animal and wildlife law. Additionally, she holds a master's degree, summa cum laude, in philosophy. Eisenstein is the author of Careers in Animal Law and The American Bar Association Guide to Dog Laws. She served as co-editor with Bruce Wagman on Wildlife Law & Ethics and co-editor with Daina Bray on A Guide to Representing Animal Protection Organizations. She was a contributor to Animal Cruelty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding and the Elgar Encyclopedia of Animal Law.

John Forelli is a performance and wellness coach specializing in massage, physical training, and stress management. He combines time-tested practices of sleep, diet, and exercise with advanced techniques in supplementation to assist clients in their health goals. John is local to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and loves working in all environments, from mountain tops to conference rooms, to help high performers navigate the stresses of life and work. Joyce Tischler is Professor of Practice, Animal Law at the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining the faculty in 2019, Professor Tischler taught as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School; University of California, Davis; John Marshall Law School; and John F. Kennedy Law School, and she has lectured in many parts of the world. In 1979, Professor Tischler co-founded the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). She served as ALDF's executive director for 25 years, and as its general counsel until the spring of 2019, working to build ALDF and the animal law movement. She co-authored Animal Law: New Perspectives on Teaching Traditional Law (2018) with Kathy Hessler, Pamela Hart, and Sonia Waisman.