Erin Okuno

About Erin Okuno

Erin Okuno is an assistant professor of law at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, United States. She received her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Stetson Law and received the Edward D. Foreman Most Distinguished Student Award at graduation. She teaches animal law and policy and legal research and writing courses, and she is the faculty advisor for Stetson Law’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and Stetson Law Review. Her research and scholarship focus on animal law and environmental law, including agriculture and constitutional issues, Rights of Nature, de-extinction, and wetland law and policy.

Posts by Erin Okuno:

How “ag-gag” laws harm animals, workers, consumers and the environment

When it comes to food, many people probably would prefer to have more information about where it came from and how it was produced. But for too long, the animal agricultural industry has been shrouded in secrecy.