Dr Tarryn Bannister is the Lawyer & Programme Lead for the Corporate Accountability Programme at Animal Law Reform South Africa. Tarryn holds BA Law, LL.B, LL.M and LL.D. degrees from Stellenbosch University. She graduated with her LL.B in 2010 and subsequently completed a research-based Master’s degree, cum laude, on the right to have access to health care services for survivors of gender-based violence. In 2016, she completed her doctoral studies, titled “The implications of a relational feminist interpretation of the socio-economic rights of female cohabitants.”