Code 4 Compassion DC
This hackathon is the hands-on conclusion to the Artificial Intelligence, Animals, and the Law Conference (November 7-8, 2025). After two days of exploring how artificial intelligence intersects with animal law through expert panels on ethics, policy, wildlife crime, legal applications, and environmental impact, we're building actual solutions.
This hackathon pairs legal professionals with technical developers to prototype AI-powered tools that address real problems in animal protection law. Whether it's analyzing case law, detecting wildlife trafficking, monitoring factory farms, modeling policy impacts, or liberating public records - we're turning conference insights into deployable technology.
Who This Is For: Attorneys and law students who understand animal law problems paired with developers who can build AI solutions. Legal expertise + technical skills = tools that can actually protect animals and advance legal reforms.
What We Provide: Technical infrastructure, APIs, datasets, mentorship from conference speakers, and facilitation to help legal/technical teams collaborate effectively.
What You Bring: Either legal domain expertise that identifies high-impact problems, or technical skills that can build solutions. Don't have a partner? We'll match you with a complementary team member.
Apply to join here: Open Google Form
What Else To Bring:
Your laptop and charger
Any development tools or frameworks you commonly use
Curiosity, compassion, and a collaborative mindset!
And PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE SIGNED UP ON OUR DISCORD AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT SO YOU CAN MEET YOUR TEAM. Link in your acceptance email and here: Join Discord Server