Joyce Tischler is Professor of Practice, Animal Law at the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School. Prior to joining the faculty in 2019, Professor Tischler has been an Adjunct Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, University of California, Davis, John Marshall Law School, and John F. Kennedy Law School, and she has lectured in many parts of the world. In 1979, Professor Tischler founded the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). She served as ALDF’s Executive Director for 25 years, and as its General Counsel until the spring of 2019. Professor Tischler’s earlier experience in the field of animal law is detailed in her two-part article, A Brief History of Animal Law, Part I (1972-1987) and Part II (1985-2011), published in the Stanford Journal of Animal Law and Policy. Professor Tischler teaches a full semester course in, and is currently co-authoring a casebook on, Industrialized Animal Agriculture Law.
