Steven Wise
Adjunct Law Faculty at Lewis & Clark Law School
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Biography
Steven M. Wise has practiced animal protection law for 36 years and animal rights law for three years. He was president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund from 1985 to 1995. He has written four books, including Rattling the Cage – Toward Legal Rights for Animals (2000), Drawing the Line – Science and the Case for Animal Rights (2003), Though the Heavens May Fall – The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery (2005), and An American Trilogy – Death, Slavery and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape Fear River (2009), as well as numerous law review articles on aspects of animal rights jurisprudence.
Wise has been president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, a civil rights organization working to attain legal rights for nonhuman animals since 1995. The Nonhuman Rights Project began filing a series of cases on behalf of chimpanzees in the courts of New York State in December, 2013, demanding that the courts recognize that chimpanzees are “persons” for the purpose of a common law and statutory writ of habeas corpus. The Nonhuman Rights Project has had published two law review articles about aspects of its work with three more articles having been accepted for publication. It is working with legal groups in seven countries to have nonhuman animals declared persons in those countries.
Academic Credentials
- JD, Boston University Law School
- BS, College of William and Mary
Companies
- Lecturer Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2012)
- Adjunct Professor Of Law Lewis & Clark Law School (2011)
- President Nonhuman Rights Project (1995)
- Adjunct Professor Of Law Tel Aviv Law School (2019 — 2019)
- Adjunct Professor Stanford Law School (2018 — 2018)
- Adjunct Professor Of Law Vermont Law School (1990 — 2016)
- Adjunct Professor Of Law University of Miami School of Law (2011 — 2014)
- Adjunct Professor Of Law St. Thomas University School of Law (2005 — 2011)
- Lecturer at Law Harvard Law School (2001 — 2001)
Videos
Professor Steven Wise - Keynote Speaker
The Struggle of the Nonhuman Rights Project for the Legal Personhood of Nonhuman Animals
Living One: Interview with Steven Wise
Steve Wise
The Nonhuman Rights Project's Struggle to Attain Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals
Q&A with Steven Wise
June 28 -7:30 PM - WORKSHOP 3: Steven M. Wise: Nonhuman Personhood
Steven Wise - 2007 Animal Law Lecture Series
How the Nonhuman Rights Project Fights for The Rights of Nonhuman Animals – Steven Wise [IARC2017]
Steven Wise Speaks at Stanford Law School November 6, 2014
COLL 300: (Wellbeing) Unlocking the Cage: Animal Well-being, Personhood, and the Law
Animal Personhood: A Debate
"The Nonhuman Rights Project" by Prof. Steven Wise - frei denken uni basel
Steven M. Wise symposium
Steven Wise Speaks About Legal Personhood for Nonhuman Animals
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