Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) seeks to raise the profile of the field of animal law and educate students and the community on the cruelty that animals face everyday, from the evils of factory farming to criminal animal abuse that goes unprosecuted.

Our main purpose is to create a system where animals are free from suffering.  This entails humane slaughter, humane treatment and conditions while alive, and being free from physical abuse.

We are affiliated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) and as such we have made a promise to uphold their mission: To Protect the lives and advance the interest of animals through the legal system.

Mission Statement:

We are an organization dedicated to the protection of animal welfare. Our goal is to work through the courts and the legislatures to defend domestic animals, farmed animals, and wildlife from abuse and exploitation, to provide a forum for education and awareness among the student body and to raise the profile of the field of animal law.

2008-2009 Officers:

Rachael Buchanan, President

Jonelle Adams, Vice President

Mazarin Vakharia, Treasurer

Leslie Maglione, Secretary

Planned Events:

2008-2009 tentative events:  Humane Society of Silicon Valley Drive, Cute Pet Contest, Animal Law speaker, and more to be announced

Active Member Organization, Student Bar Association 2008-2009