16th Annual Symposium
Please join us this Friday, April 17, for the highlight of the fashion law calendar – our 16th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium, "THE MAGIC OF FASHION," featuring a special performance by Judge Gary Brown!
DATE: April 17, 2026
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, 2nd floor
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total (5.0 professional practice, transitional & non-transitional, and 1.0 diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias)
9:20am Opening Act
9:30-10:30am Disappearing and Reappearing: The Saks bankruptcy and the future of fashion retail
10:45-11:45am Presto Change-o: Fashion law, technology, and cultural transformation
LUNCH (No knife throwing, sword swallowing, or psychic spoon bending, please!)
1:15-2:15pm Folk Magic: Ghana, kente, and new dimensions in cultural appropriation law
2:30-3:30pm Magic Words: Author conversation with Chantal Fernandez, co-author of Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon
3:45-4:45pm Mind Reading: The role of expert witnesses
5pm Potions & Prestidigitation: A cocktail hour performance by Judge Gary Brown
SPEAKERS:
- Sana Ahmed, The Fashion Law Africa Summit and Fashion Business Co Agency
- Moriah Bankapur, Inversa
- The Hon. Gary Brown, E.D.N.Y.
- Melissa Brown, Lawyer and Documentary Film Producer
- Bill D’Arienzo, WDA Strategic Brand Marketing
- Sindy Ding-Voorhees, Kilpatrick Stockton & Townsend
- Ariele Elia, Fashion Law Institute
- Chantal Fernandez, The Cut, New York Magazine
- Joshua W. Kapelman, Hilldun
- Lawrence Maisel, Chanel (ret’d.)
- John Maltbie, Louis Vuitton
- Mimi Plange, Creative Director at Mimi Plange
- Ashley Pusey, Kennedys
- Denning Rodriguez, Rodriguez LLC
- Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute
- Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
- Dr. Elizabeth Way, The Museum at FIT
REGISTER NOW!