The American legal history of tracking goes back to the dark days of slavery, as discussed by us elsewhere. That tradition produced a case law, and principles of evidence, very different from what began to arise in the 1970s for narcotics and explosives detection dogs. Tracking dogs were often trained as an economic activity, and well-known dogs could be brought over state lines—sometimes over several state lines—to track in notorious criminal cases. There was also a long tradition of prisoners training dogs, dogs that would be...
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Law Student Training Service Dogs Can Sue Law School for Refusing to Admit Dogs to Classes
Nicole Lara Shumate enrolled in Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 2006 and graduated three years later. Shumate is a service and therapy dog trainer and founded a non-profit organization called Paws and Effect the same year she started law school. It is not clear when she first tried to bring dogs in training to classes, but her complaint stated that the law school dean notified her in September 2009 that “access to law school facilities with a service dog in training would not be tolerated per the university policy.” ...
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