22nd International Wildlife Law Conference
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Stetson University College of Law’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy will host the 22nd International Wildlife Law Conference (IWLC-22) on April 15, 2026, at its Gulfport, Florida campus. The conference will begin with a field excursion and welcome reception for speakers on April 14 and will conclude with the opening of the 30th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, taking place April 16–18, 2026.
IWLC-22 invites legal scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and scientists to present their research on current topics in wildlife conservation. This year’s conference will focus on legal and policy dimensions of de-extinction, rewilding, and reintroduction.
Opening speaker: Alex Erwin, Associate Professor of Law (and wildlife biologist), University of Florida Levin College of Law
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture: Alta Charo, Professor Emerita of Law & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, and head of bioethics for Colossal Laboratories & Bioscience
For information about previous conferences, view our conference archives.
Speakers
Mariah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Professor Alta Charo
Warren P. Knowles Professor Emerita of Law & Bioethics
University of Wisconsin
Robert Dolgos
Farmingdale State College
More Speakers
Patrick Duggan
U.S. Department of Justice
Environmental Crimes Section
Alex Erwin
Levin College of Law
University of Florida
Ms. Rachel Lois Gella
University of St. La Salle College of Law
Melissa Guckenberger
Mr. Obbie Afri Gultom
Karoli Gaspar University
Budapest
Professor Marcel Jaspars
Department of Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
Yanmei Lin
Vermont Law and Graduate School
Professor Jaclyn Lopez
Stetson Law
Dr. Frank Muller-Karger
College of Marine Science
University of South Florida
Professor Erin Okuno
Stetson Law
Dr. Aspasia Pastra
Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
World Maritime University
Mr. Shai Peretz
Nature and Parks Authority
Israel
Dr. Veerle Platvoet
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Hon. Colin Schmitt
Elisabeth Haub School of Law / Yale School of the Environment
Dr. Sophie Seeyave
CEO, Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)
Dr. Monique Sosnowski
Farmingdale State College
Dr. Natalia Subbotina
Ukrainian Catholic University / Ukrainian Free University
Jason Totoiu
Center for Biological Diversity
Professor Bridgett vonHoldt
Princeton University, EEB