The 7th annual UK Animal Law Conference for academics, lawyers, NGOs, and students will take place in person on 2-3 June 2027 at the University of Birmingham.
More announcements coming soon.
IYAN OFFOR
Assistant Professor in Environmental Law, University of Birmingham
Dr Iyan Offor is an assistant professor in environmental law and sustainable development at the University of Birmingham. Iyan is a critical socio-legal theorist conducting interdisciplinary research on multispecies legalities. His active research projects are: Solarpunk Narrative and Multispecies (Legal) Worlding; Transqueer Ecological Justice; Law’s Other – Posthumanist Legal Subjectivity in the Anthropocene; and a Research Agenda for Animal Law. Iyan recently published his monograph Global Animal Law from the Margins. Iyan is editor for the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy and academic consultant for the UK Centre for Animal Law.
BLANCHE KOENIG
A-LAW Trustee & Volunteer
Blanche is a dual-qualified lawyer (UK & New York) with a background working in-house for various technology companies on a wide variety of corporate and commercial matters. Blanche is a trustee and treasurer for A-Law, and supports the Animals in Science working group.
SAM HAZLE
MO ESAN
PhD researcher, University of Birmingham
Mo Esan is a PhD researcher in Animal Law at University of Birmingham, funded by the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. Mo conducts research on African animal law, particularly the Animal Welfare Strategy for Africa and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), decolonial theory, and critical animal studies. Mo served as a research assistant for the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law and is currently on the Animal Charity Evaluators Board. Mo’s work seeks to bridge scholarship and practice, advancing innovative frameworks for animal law and global justice, with Africa in mind.
NATALIE HARNEY
A-LAW Trustee & Volunteer
Natalie has been volunteering for A-LAW since 2014 and became a trustee in 2020. Outside of A-LAW, she works full-time for the campaigning animal welfare charity, Naturewatch Foundation, where she leads the organisation’s work to end the low-welfare and illegal trade in dogs, cats and rabbits. She holds a BA English degree from the University of Birmingham and completed her GDL at Birmingham City University.
LOVE ALFRED
Dr. Love Alfred is an environmental and energy law specialist with over 4 years of teaching and research in international environmental law and public law. She co-developed a module that integrates sustainability into the teaching of law, and she reviews and publishes research in environmental law journals. She is a member of the Animals, Nature & Society Research Stream at Birmingham City University’s (BCU) School of Law.
CLAIRE LATHWELL
PhD researcher, Birmingham City University
Claire Lathwell is a Doctoral Researcher in Law at Birmingham City University (BCU). Claire is conducting socio-legal research on animal law and criminal justice. Claire’s research interests also include environmental law, green criminology, 20th century continental philosophy (especially Foucault) and political philosophy. Prior to commencing her doctoral research at BCU in September 2024, Claire spent over 6 years practising environmental, human rights and immigration law as a Solicitor in England and Wales. Claire holds an LLM in Professional Legal Practice and a BA(Hons) degree in Philosophy and Politics.
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