Animal Law Essay Competition
This annual competition for law students and legal practitioners generates interest and scholarship in Animal Law in Australia.
Established in 2006, the Competition is proudly supported by Voiceless.
All entries are judged by a panel of Animal Law experts and the three top entrants also receive prizes.
2011 Animal Law Essay Competition is now launched
Current law or PLT students, and young lawyers (legal practitioners under the age of 36, or in the first five years of practice) are invited to submit entries for this year's competition. Fantastic prizes are on offer. All entries must be submitted by Friday 28 October 2011.
Competition flyerView the suggested essay topics and terms and conditions of entry
Past Winners
Follow the links below to read the prize-winning essays from 2006 to 2009.
2009
- 1st prize: Maike Dorn for 'Hidden Victims: Lack of Welfare Protection of Invasive Animals in Australia'
- 2nd prize: Dominica Hannaford for 'Are the Animal Welfare Interests of Beef Cattle in the Australian Meat Industry Protected and when Human Rights and Animal Interests Conflict, How Much Balancing Is Undertaken?'
- 3rd prize: Daniel Selikowitz for 'The Argument From Marginal Cases - Roaring Lion or Toothless Tiger?'
2008
- 1st prize: Oliver D’Alton for 'Choses in vie – A reconsideration of animal rights discourse'.
- 2nd prize: Hannah Kotzman for 'Who is defending the defenceless? Revealing enforcement deficiencies in Australian animal protection law: A Victorian case study'
- 3rd prize: Amy Herbert for 'If corporations can have legal personality, why not animals?
2007
- 1st prize: Rebecca Smith for 'Traditional Hunting, Contemporary Torture – Time for Change'
- 2nd prize: Lisa Hirsowitz for 'Towards a Holistic Approach in Animal Law: the Foie Gras Case, Trends and Transformations'
- 3rd prize: Rhianne Grieve for 'Achieving Legal Standing for Factory Farmed Animals'
2006
- 1st prize: Tony Bogdanoski for 'The Marriage of Family Law & Animal Rights: How should Australia's family courts approach the rise of 'pet custody' disputes?'
