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Anyone interested in animal law, environmental law, international law, or how criminal law relates to animals on a global basis.
Wildlife Trafficking: What Lawyers Can Do -EAN220920
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According to the US Justice Department, "wildlife trafficking threatens security, hinders economic development, and undermines the rule of law. The illicit trade in wildlife is decimating many species worldwide and threatens iconic species...with extinction." This program will be an introduction to anti-wildlife trafficking laws in the United States. The program will discuss how national security entities and law enforcement work together to interdict and punish illicit wildlife trade and will also discuss how anti-wildlife trafficking laws can be improved and better enforced on the state, local and national level.
Member - $70.00
Non-Member - $140.00
Non-Member - $140.00
Student - $15
Program Date - Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Product ID - EAN220920
CLE Credit
CT: 2.0 CLE Credits (General)
NY: 2.0 CLE Credits (AOP)
About the Program
According to the US Justice Department, "wildlife trafficking threatens security, hinders economic development, and undermines the rule of law. The illicit trade in wildlife is decimating many species worldwide and threatens iconic species...with extinction." This program will be an introduction to anti-wildlife trafficking laws in the United States. The program will discuss how national security entities and law enforcement work together to interdict and punish illicit wildlife trade and will also discuss how anti-wildlife trafficking laws can be improved and better enforced on the state, local and national level.
Credit
General:2.0
Description
Presented by the Animal Law Section
You Will Learn
- About state and federal laws aimed at preventing and punishing illicit trade in wildlife, particularly in endangered and threatened species
- How uniformed services such as the Coast Guard, and Customs and Border Protection (among others) work with law enforcement to interdict this trade
- How wildlife trafficking is punished
- What lawyers and the law can do to crack down on wildlife traffickers
Who Should Purchase
Anyone interested in animal law, environmental law, international law, or how criminal law relates to animals on a global basis.
Speakers
Michael Harris Shennie Patel
Vermont Law School, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section,
South Royalton, VT Washington, DC
Moderator
Cassandra L. Dulepski
Polinsky Law Group LLC,
Hardford, CT
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for transitional and non-transitional CLE credits. Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, or a fully interactive videoconference. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information about transitional and non-transitional courses, please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.
Financial hardship information is available upon request.
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