Animal Law
The AniLex program is a program on Animal Law provided as continuous learning by the Open University at Åbo Akademi University.
The program consists of 10 courses á 5 credits (in total 50 ECTS). The students get a course certificate for a passed course.
The program does not lead to a degree from Åbo Akademi University, but the students may apply for validation and crediting from their own university with the course certificate. More information about the AniLex program.
Courses autumn 2025
To read more about the course content and -times, click on the blue course name bar in the Study guide.
BASIC STUDIES
Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
INTERMEDIATE STUDIES
Animals in Private and Criminal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
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Time: 8.9–12.10.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: LL.D. Tero Kivinen.
Enrolment 11.8–31.8.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.
Animal Law and Science (5 ECTS), online course.
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Time: 27.10–30.11.2025.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg, Doctor in Veterinary Science Kirsi Swan.
Enrolment 11.8–19.10.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.
Essay on an Animal Law Topic (5 ECTS), online course.
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Time: 6.10.2025–30.4.2026.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 11.8.2025-25.1.2026. Admission to the course is made once a month.
Prerequisites: The course is intended as the last course in the AniLex program. The three basic courses and at least four intermediate courses in the AniLex -program must be completed before the essay.
Link to course enrolment.
Courses spring 2026
To read more about the course content and -times, click on the blue course name bar in the Study guide.
BASIC STUDIES
Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 25.8.2025–30.5.2026.
Price: 60€
Teacher: LL.M. Venla Mathlein.
Enrolment 11.8.2025–15.3.2026. The course has continuous registration. Admission to the course is made once a month, around the 20th.
No prerequisites.
Link to course enrolment.
INTERMEDIATE STUDIES
International and Constitutional Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 12.1–15.2.2026.
Price: 75€
Teacher: LL.D. Tero Kivinen.
Enrolment 17.11.2025–28.12.2025.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.
Animal Law and the European Union (5 ECTS), online course.
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Time: 2.3–5.4.2026.
Price: 75€
Teacher: LL.M. Sacha Lucassen.
Enrolment 17.11.2025–22.2.2026.
Prerequisites: The three basic courses in the AniLex -program: Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), and Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS).
Link to course enrolment.
Essay on an Animal Law Topic (5 ECTS), online course.
Read more about course content and- times in the Study Guide.
Time: 6.10.2025–30.4.2026.
Price: 75€
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg.
Enrolment 11.8.2025-25.1.2026. Admission to the course is made once a month.
Prerequisites: The course is intended as the last course in the AniLex program. The three basic courses and at least four intermediate courses in the AniLex -program must be completed before the essay.
Link to course enrolment.
Degree students and exchange students at Åbo Akademi University are exempted from the course fee. Enrolment in Peppi.
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