Jess Beaulieu is an active attorney and the manager of the University of Denver’s Animal Law Program. She grew up in the Southeastern United States, passionate about wildlife and wild places. Pursuing that passion, she began studying Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. Through her studies, she also spent time in Australia studying the impact of species such as dingoes and cane toads on ecosystems.

Realizing the importance of law and policy to conservation efforts, Jess then pursued a Juris Doctorate at Stetson University College of Law, where she focused on environmental and animal law. Enchanted by the Western United States, she interned with the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service’s Sacramento Office her first year, and with an environmental nonprofit in Washington State her second year.

After graduating with honors, her law school offered her a funded opportunity to work with a nonprofit in Denver. Seeing the parallels between environmental and human welfare, Jess began practicing as a public interest attorney in the field of dependency and neglect at the law firm Muhaisen & Muhaisen, LLC. And after several years of practice, she returned to her focus on wildlife and wild places by managing the University of Denver’s Animal Law Program. She is also a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioner.