A Pioneer in Animal Law

Barbara Gislason is a pioneer in the development of Animal Law as a practice area, both in Minnesota and nationally. In June 2003, she became the Founding Chair of the Animal Law Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), and a year later, the Founding Chair of the MSBA Animal Law Section. This is also the second time in her legal career that she obtained section status for a new practice area, with her first success the Art and Entertainment Law Section in 1987. Minnesota was the sixth state in the country to achieve section status in Animal Law. Section status has the effect of both demonstrating acceptance and mainstreaming a practice area within the legal profession.