Events Archives - Fashion Law Institute

Are you ready for a smart and intellectually sophisticated spring fling? Although rough winds may yet shake the darling buds of May, the pandemic is so last season. As we re-focus on cutting-edge legal issues of importance to the fashion industry, in subject areas as diverse as IP and AI, global trade, consumer protection regulation and legislation, and of course dress itself, it is clear that we are in a moment of renewal and regrowth – and one that will have significant impact. Please join us in person on Friday, April 28, for the 13th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium, a full day’s bouquet of sharing and discussion!

DATE: April 28, 2023
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total (5.0 professional practice, transitional & non-transitional, and 1.0 diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias)

SPEAKERS:

Sana Ahmed, The Fashion Law Africa Summit
Claire Bing, Maesa
Michael Busiashvili, OX Fine Jewelry
Jana Checa Chong, Louis Vuitton
Sindy Ding-Voorhees, Kilpatrick Townsend
Ray DeForest/Doris Dear, award-winning drag icon/fashion influencer
Caen Dennis, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Julia Ensor, Federal Trade Commission
Kristin Garris, McCarter & English
David Horowitz, Media Coalition
Sydney Kipen, Gucci
Haley Macon, Endeavor
John Maltbie, Louis Vuitton
Walé Oyerinde, Atklás
Ashley Pusey, Maureen Data Systems
Tiffany Stevens, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Caitlyn Walsh, Chanel
Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University
Sara Yood, Jewelers Vigilance Committee

PANELS:

9am
Continental breakfast

9:20am
Welcome: Budding thoughts

9:30-10:30am
Cross-pollination: Global trade issues, from diamonds to TikTok

10:45am-11:45am
Cuttings: Intellectual property at the U.S. Supreme Court

12-1pm
Lunch: Edible arrangements

1-2:15pm
New varieties: AI, NFTs, technology, and fashion

2:30-3:30pm
Green: New trends in legislation and regulation

3:45-4:45pm
Thorny problems: Gender-specific dress codes and anti-drag laws

5-6pm
Reception: Garden party

This event will not be livestreamed, but if we are able to record individual panels, we will share the links afterward.

Call for Fashion Law Research Assistants & Pop-Up Clinic Student Director

The Fashion Law Institute is excited to announce that we are seeking a student, ideally rising second-year, for the position of student director of our Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinic. The student director is expected to participate in the clinic for a two-year period or until their graduation, and the selected candidate will work closely with Professor Susan Scafidi, Founder & Director of the Fashion Law Institute, and Assistant Director Ariele Elia. More information about the Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinic is available here. In addition to regularly scheduled clinics, the Fashion Law Institute periodically takes on more extensive pro bono projects.

In addition, Professor Scafidi is seeking first-year summer research assistants for projects in the field of fashion law.

Please send your resume, law school transcript, and a statement of interest no longer than 200 words to ariele@fashionlawinstitute.com.

All applications should be submitted by 11:00am on Monday, March 6.

If you have any questions, please email ariele@fashionlawinstitute.com.

Inside Out 8

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT AND REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
We look forward to seeing you at a future event!

Join us for our 8th annual panel featuring fashion's in-house counsel!

In-house counsel can rarely discuss their own cases or problems in public, but everyone is keeping an educated eye on others' issues. We've asked about the litigation, legislation, scandals, social issues, and other matters that our colleagues at fashion-related companies are glad are on someone else's desk and not their own, and we're eager to learn about what they're watching. Join us during New York Fashion Week for our 8th annual in-house counsel panel, "Inside Out 8: Fashion's in-house counsel shares schadenfreude"! This session will not be recorded.

DATE: Friday, February 10, 2023
TIME: 9:30-10:45am (continental breakfast at 9am)
PLACE: Fordham School of Law, 150 W.62nd St., New York, NY. 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

Confirmed speakers include:

Angie Byun, AB WORLD
Lizzy Han, Chanel
Ariel Sodomsky, Coty
Nick Barnhorst, Fresh
John Maltbie and Jana Checa Chong, Louis Vuitton
Alice Pang, Ralph Lauren
Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
Moderated by Professor Susan Scafidi, Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham

For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.

Video: Designing Diversity

Diversity ribbon with a gradient of skin tones

Thank you to our panelists and attendees at our virtual panel! The complete video of the panel is above. If you missed the panel, feel free to watch it here!

ATTORNEY CLE INFORMATION

If you are an attorney seeking continuing legal education credit from New York or a state with New York reciprocity, you have the opportunity to receive CLE credit by watching the panel Designing Diversity, on demand. At various points during the panel special codes are posted on the screen and closed captions for you to note on the attorney affirmation form. Email us with the completed form and we will send you a certificate of attendance. CLE material is available here.

DATE: Thursday, November 10, 2022
TIME: 6:00-7:15 pm
PLACE: Zoom
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours Ethics and Professionalism, transitional and non-transitional

SPEAKERS:
Peter D. Arnold, Fashion Scholarship Fund
Ifeoma Ike, Pink Cornrows
Colette Stanford, SPARC Group
Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University

MODERATOR:
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund /
Professor of Fashion Ethics at Fordham Law

Designing Diversity after Affirmative Action CLE Material

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Designing Diversity

Diversity ribbon with a gradient of skin tones

Fashion appears to be on a path to greater racial diversity, from the runway to the boardroom. How can the industry continue this progress, however, if the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates affirmative action, a key civil rights tool for over 50 years? While the current cases arose in the educational context, with challenges to admissions policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard – and by extension, parallel policies at the majority of institutions of higher education across the country, including design schools – the potential impact is even broader. Could a pledge to stock more products from an underrepresented group, a hiring strategy intended to achieve racial or other forms of diversity, or a program of targeted support for minority designers soon be considered unconstitutional? Please join the Fashion Law Institute online for “Designing Diversity after Affirmative Action,” an advance discussion of legal and ethical strategies for promoting the full spectrum of style in light of the Court’s pending decision.

DATE: Thursday, November 10, 2022
TIME: 6:00-7:15 pm
PLACE: Zoom
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours Ethics and Professionalism, transitional and non-transitional

SPEAKERS:
Peter D. Arnold, Fashion Scholarship Fund
Ifeoma Ike, Pink Cornrows
Colette Stanford, SPARC Group
Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University

MODERATOR:
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund /
Professor of Fashion Ethics at Fordham Law

Register now!

Due to the social significance of this topic, there is no required registration fee. Voluntary donations are welcome – and tax-deductible!

Video: Fashion Police

FASHION POLICE

Retail Ransacked: Theft on the Rise
&
Decency Exposed: The New Culture Wars

Thank you to our panelists and attendees at our in-person double header symposium! The complete videos of the panels are above. If you missed the panels, feel free to watch it here!

ATTORNEY CLE INFORMATION

If you are an attorney seeking continuing legal education credit from New York or a state with New York reciprocity, you have the opportunity to receive CLE credit by watching these panels from our 12th annual symposium, Fashion Police, on demand. Once you have registered below $55 (attorneys) or $45 (Bootcamp and Fordham alumni), simply email us with the completed attorney affirmation form and we will send you the link/password to the CLE materials. At various points during the session special codes are posted on the screen and closed captions for you to note on the form.

DATE: September 8, 2022
TIME: 9:00-11:45 am
PLACE: Costantino Room, 2nd Floor, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62 St.
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours Professional Practice, 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias, transitional and non-transitional

Retail Ransacked: Theft on the Rise speakers:

Matthew Bauer, Madison Avenue Business Improvement District
Christopher Hornig, Saks Off Fifth
Estelle Strykers-Santiago, New York County District Attorney’s Office
Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
MODERATOR: Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham

Decency Exposed: The New Culture Wars speakers:

Marilee Holmes, Save the Children
Professor Kimberly Jenkins, The Fashion and Race Database and Artis Solomon Consulting
Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham
MODERATOR: Jeff Trexler, Interim Director, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Press

Walmart Sneaker Theft, $225,000 Insider Heist Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Sourcing Journal, September 9, 2022

“Fashion Police” An Arresting Symposium at Fashion Law Institute
Look Online, September 9, 2022