On September 18-19, 2015 Howard University School of Law is hosting a national conference focusing on entertainment, arts, and sports law. It will be held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. The conference agenda is below. Online registration is available here: http://newglobaleas.com.
The gala dinner and awards ceremony honoring Professor Spencer Boyer is on Friday night. The tickets for that event are available here: http://www.law.howard.edu/1952.
Now that the semester is quickly coming to a close, my entertainment law students reflect in a recent interview on their experiences. They note the skills they’ve learned and the legal doctrine they’ve mastered during the process; from privacy to piracy to a “virtual practice” and everything in between:
“Arrielle Millstein of wRap JhAM Associates says, “Professor Evans introducing our Entertainment Law class to blogging on legal topics has opened my eyes. With the state of the job market, applicants need a beefed up resume to even get an interview, I think that Professor Evans really provided us with the knowledge and experience on how to create and ‘market’ ourselves through an effective blog allowing future employers prior to interviews to know that we know and keep up with a specific area of law.” Continue reading “UPDATE: Widener Law’s Entertainment Law Students Reflect on Skills & the Law”→
The Symposium will focus on contemporary legal issues affecting the fashion industry.
There will be four panel discussions during the Symposium:
Shopping for Fashion Houses: Who’s First in Line in the M&A Market?
Spinning the Globe: The Future of the “Made In” Label
Is Grey the New Black?
Parallel Imports and Counterfeits in the Online Market Place.
Some of the renowned presenters include Sabina Lepre Leva from the Italian Trade Commission, Rachel Dooley from Gemma Redux and Louise Firestone from Louis Vuitton.