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Mariann Sullivan interviews Cheryl Leahy about the Animal Law Practice Association and its initiatives to support lawyers in animal rights.

This week, Mariann Sullivan sits down with Cheryl Leahy, director of the newly launched Animal Law Practice Association (ALPA) at the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy, to unpack how the free program is training and connecting lawyers who want to build careers protecting animals. Cheryl explains ALPA’s two core pillars — a growing library of practical, topic-specific legal…

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Host: Mariann Sullivan

Guest: Cheryl Leahy

Topics covered

• animal law
• legal training
• animal rights
• lawyers
• career development

Keywords

• animal law
• Cheryl Leahy
• legal training
• animal rights
• law practice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Animal Law Practice Association, Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy

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