Fashion Law Institute

Fashion Law Institute
Founded 2010
Founder Susan Scafidi
Type Educational
Location
  • New York, United States
Website www.fashionlawinstitute.com

Established in 2010 with the support of Diane von Furstenberg and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Fashion Law Institute is the world's first academic center dedicated to legal and business issues pertaining to the fashion industry.[1][2][3][4] The Fashion Law Institute’s founder and academic director is Professor Susan Scafidi, who teaches at Fordham Law School. The Fashion Law Institute is a nonprofit organization recognized as a tax-exempt educational organization under the Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.[5]

Programs

The Fashion Law Institute offers a range of programs aimed at assisting fashion lawyers, law students, design students, and members of the fashion community.

Fashion Law Bootcamp

The Fashion Law Institute’s Fashion Law Bootcamp is an annual summer intensive course of fashion law and business.[14] Fashion Law Bootcamp has been held in New York since 2011. The first West Coast version of Fashion Law Bootcamp will be held in San Francisco in 2014.[15]

Fashion Law Bootcamp has attracted fashion law influencers from around the world, including Brazil,[16] the U.K.,[17] and Puerto Rico.[18] Other Bootcamp alumni include Sarah Feingold, counsel for Etsy,[19] and supermodel Brittany Mason.[20]

Fashion Shows

The Fashion Law Institute held fashion shows at the tents at Lincoln Center during the S/S 2013 and S/S 2014 Mercedes Benz Fashion Weeks in New York City. The shows featured emerging designers and highlighted the Institute's Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinic.[21][22] The Fashion Law Institute's S/S 2014 show featured the first plus-size designer to show at the Fashion Week tents in Lincoln Center.[23][24]

Model Alliance

In 2012, the Fashion Law Institute assisted with the launch of the Model Alliance.[25] Professor Scafidi serves as a member of the Model Alliance board, and attorney Doreen Small, who teaches the Fashion Law Institute's Fashion Modeling Law course, is a member of the Model Alliance's Advisory Board.[26]

In 2013, the Fashion Law Institute prepared the Council of Fashion Designers of America's guide to New York's newly enacted law giving models under the age of 18 the same legal protections as child performers.[27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jothiandan, Shakthi. "Fordham's New Fashion Law Institute Will Serve, Protect, Talk Shoes", New York Magazine, 11 August 10. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Jothiandan, Shakthi. "Diane Von Furstenberg Wields a Gavel for Fashion Law, New York Magazine, 9 September 2010. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Alexander, Ella. "Laws of Fashion", Vogue UK, 12 August 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Buonsanto, Maria. "Una scuola per i fashion lawyers", Italia Oggi, 10 October 2010. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Fashion Law Institute - About. Retrieved on 6 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Hall, Melissa. [http://theemergingdesigner.com/fashion-law-institutes-free-monthly-pop-up-clinic/ Fashion Law Institute's Free Monthly Pop-Up Clinic>, The Emerging Designer, 1 November 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Fashion Law Institute. "Your Legal Qs". Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Steigrad, Alexandra. "Web Ground Zero in Ongoing War on Counterfeits", Women's Wear Daily, 25 April 2011. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "5 Things We Learned at Fordham's "Law of the Fashion Show" Panel", Racked, 14 February 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  10. ↑ Pasquarelli, Adrianne. "Copyright abuses rampant at fashion shows", Crains New York Business, 10 February 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Fashion Law Institute. "Events". Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Guide to Pending New York Law on Models Under Age 18", Council of Fashion Designers of America. Retrieved on 4 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Fashion Law Institute, "Curriculum & Faculty".
  14. ↑ Fashion Law Institute. "Fashion Law Bootcamp". Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Fashion Law Bootcamp". Retrieved on 4 November 2013.
  16. ↑ Magro, Maira. "Bancas se especializam em moda", Valor Economico, Brazil, 19 December 2011. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  17. ↑ Annabelle Gauberti, LinkedIn profile. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  18. ↑ Fashion Law Student Association, Puerto Rico. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  19. ↑ Feingold, Sarah. "The Poppy Print Problem", The Etsy Blog, 2 August 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  20. ↑ "Bio", BrittanyMason.com. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  21. ↑ "Show also cultivates business sense", Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan, 13 September 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  22. ↑ Steigrad, Alexandra. "Fordham Law to Dole Out Advice at NYFW", Women's Wear Daily, 4 September 2012. Retrieved on 20 December 2012.
  23. ↑ "Cabiria, curvy designer NYFW", "Vogue Italia", 2 September 2013. Retrieved on 24 October 2013.
  24. ↑ "Bye, ultra-skinny models: Full-figured fashion show comes to New York", "Agence France-Presse", 6 September 2013. Retrieved on 24 October 2013.
  25. ↑ "Model Alliance Seeks to Better Working Conditions in Fashion World", "ABA Journal", 1 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 November 2013.
  26. ↑ "About Us", Model Alliance. Retrieved on 4 November 2013.
  27. ↑ "Guide to Pending New York Law on Models Under Age 18", Council of Fashion Designers of America. Retrieved on 4 November 2013.

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