ability to create constructive dialogue

“Barbara Gislason has done powerful and seminal work in getting the American Bar Association to acknowledge the burgeoning field of animal law. She is very effective in her efforts, in large part because of her ability to create dialogue that brings putatively opposing parties into constructive dialogue.

There is no question in my mind that animal law will increase in importance; it is currently taught in more than 90 law schools. That it is now mainstream and respected in the legal community is due in no small part to Ms. Gislason's quiet but influential work.”

Bernard E. Rollin
University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Animal Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
University Bioethicist