Wildlife Law and Ethics

Yolanda Eisenstein is a writer and animal lawyer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is vice-president of the board of directors of Animal Protection Voters of New Mexico and sits on the board of the State Bar of New Mexico Animal Law Section. She is a former adjunct professor of animal law and wildlife law at SMU Dedman School of Law and the University of New Mexico School of Law. Eisenstein is past chair of the ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee and in 2018 received their “Excellence in Animal Law” Award. She has a master’s degree, summa cum laude, in philosophy and juris doctor, cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law. She is the author of Careers in Animal Law, The ABA Legal Guide to Dog Laws, and Wildlife Law and Ethics, where she served as co-editor. Bruce Wagman is a partner in Schiff Hardin’s San Francisco office, with an almost exclusive focus on animal law matters, including litigation, legislative drafting and counseling, education, and private consultation. He has been active in animal law since 1992. He is a coeditor of the casebook Animal Law Cases and Materials and coauthor of A Worldview of Animal Law and publishes and speaks regularly on various animal law topics. He has been teaching animal law since 1996 and currently teaches on a rotating basis at three Bay Area law schools. Wagman’s clients include numerous animal protection organizations as well as private individuals. He has worked on behalf of birds, cats, chickens, chimpanzees, cows, deer, dogs, dolphins, ducks, elephants, elk, gorillas, horses (domestic and wild), lions, mice, monkeys, pigs, sharks, turkeys, whales, and wolves, on myriad issues including the use of animals in entertainment, biomedical research, and animal agriculture/food.