Amy is an attorney and the first South African to graduate with a Master’s degree in Animal Law. She is a dedicated activist on animal, human and environmental matters, working throughout Africa and in the USA on a broad variety of animal protection issues, focusing on the legitimization of animal law as a field, equipping lawyers and the promotion of animal law education and scholarship.

She is the co-Founder, Director and former Executive Director of Animal Law Reform South Africa (ALRSA), the first dedicated animal law non-profit in the country, a Lecturer, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and a Senior Adjunct Lecturer with the University of the Western Cape (UWC).

She is also an Independent Expert with the United Nations in Harmony with Nature Programme and a founding steering committee member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: Africa Hub.

Amy co-taught the first animal law course in South Africa and Africa, and co-teaches courses on Constitutional Law and Nature. She has been published in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored several book chapters. She is currently co-authoring a book on aquatic animal law and co-editing the first animal law book in South Africa.