Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment Law Center (FAME)Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | Yeshiva University

WELCOME TO FAME

The FAME Center at Cardozo School of Law, through its unique access to companies and professionals throughout the Fashion, Arts, Media and Entertainment industries, provides unprecedented training and development opportunities relating to the representation of businesses driven by the creative process. The FAME Center offers rigorous academic coursework, as well as externships, clinics and symposia featuring industry leaders and practitioners, focused on the practical realities of counseling clients—from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The center is designed to teach students to confront business challenges that, in the era of social media and digital access, are evolving faster than ever before. Through a collaboration among Cardozo’s faculty, industry leaders and other institutions focused on the creative arts and entertainment businesses, the FAME Center provides unique insights into the intersection of law and business in the fashion, performing and visual arts, entertainment, sports, industrial design, media, and film industries.

Barbara Kolsun, a leading fashion industry attorney with decades of experience directs the FAME Center, which has been shaped by a dynamic advisory board of industry leaders.

“The FAME Center produces creative lawyers for creative companies. These are businesses that require lawyers who understand business dynamics, brand protection and other intellectual property issues in today’s highly competitive international market.”

Dean Melanie Leslie

To learn more, visit: cardozo.yu.edu/FAMEcenter

CORE COURSESCopyright LawCybersecurityCreativity, Innovation and Intellectual PropertyDesign LawIP and Information Law ColloquiumInternational Intellectual PropertyPatent LawPatent Law PracticeStartup LawTaxation of Intellectual PropertyTrademark Law

FASHIONFashion LawIntellectual Property Licensing and DraftingFashion Law Practicum

Other OpportunitiesAlumni in Fashion Law Practice Area GroupFashion Law SocietyFashion Law TalksIntellectual Property Law Society

ARTArt LawArt Law Field Clinic

Other OpportunitiesArt Law SocietySpeaker Series

MEDIAAdvertising LawInternet LawMedia LawPrivacy LawPrivacy Theory SeminarSocial Media Law

Other OpportunitiesBMI Moot Court CompetitionEntertainment Law SocietyIntellectual Property Law SocietyMonroe Price Media Law Moot Court CompetitionThe Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society

ENTERTAINMENTCollective Bargaining and Negotiation in Sports and EntertainmentEntertainment LawIndie Film ClinicMusic LawSports and the Law

Other OpportunitiesBMI Moot Court CompetitionEntertainment Law SocietyIndie Film ClinicIntellectual Property Law SocietyTech Startup ClinicThe Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society

JOURNALArts and Entertainment Law Journal

EXTERNSHIPS

Alvin Ailey American Dance TheatreAmerican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)Atlantic Records (Warner Music Group)Authentic Brands GroupBank Robber MusicBBCBirchboxBrooklyn MuseumBrooklyn NetsBurberryCash Money RecordsCBSChanelChristie’s New YorkCoachDavid YurmanDC EntertainmentDramatists GuildElizabeth ArdenEMI MusicEsteé LauderFilmNation

FINRAForbesFox Entertainment GroupGiorgio ArmaniHarry Fox AgencyJ.CrewKate SpadeLincoln Center for the Performing ArtsLouis VuittonLVMHMacy’sMadison Square GardenMandalay Entertainment GroupMarvel ComicsMashableMichael KorsNational Media GroupNBA Coaches AssociationNew York Foundation for the ArtsOmnicom Media GroupPradaRazor & TieRCA/Sony Music Entertainment

Rent the RunwayReutersRoc NationSAG-AFTRAShopKeepSony Music GroupSoulCycleStarwood CapitalStarworks GroupSteve MaddenThe OrchardTory BurchTough MudderTuff City RecordsUniversal Music GroupVaynerMediaViacomVince CamutoVolunteer Lawyers for the ArtsWeight WatchersWilhelmina ModelsWNET New York Public MediaWorld Wrestling Entertainment

The close association between the FAME Center and leading industry practitioners gives students access to extraordinary externship opportunities for practical training. Students have held externships at top companies, including:

DIRECTOR

Barbara Kolsun ’82, director of the FAME Center and Professor of Practice teaching Fashion Law and the Fashion Law Practicum, is a leading fashion industry attorney, a professor of practice at Cardozo Law, and co-editor of the seminal texts on the subject, Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys; and Fashion Law: Cases and Materials. Professor Kolsun has served as general counsel at Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman and Seven for All Mankind and as assistant general counsel of Westpoint Stevens and Calvin Klein Jeans.

“The FAME Center is the place for lawyers to understand the creative industries and how to get ahead in a world where decisions related to brand and intellectual property are made in real-time with enormous consequences to the bottom line.”

Professor Barbara Kolsun

FACULTY

Christopher Buccafusco Creativity, Innovation & IP, Copyright Law, Design Law

Michael Burstein Patent Law

Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin Indie Film Clinic

Aaron Wright ’05 Technology Law, Blockchain Law, Tech Startup Clinic

Felix Wu Cybersecurity Law, Data Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy Law

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Stephanie AbrutynMedia Law

Sandra Cobden ‘90Art Law

Morris E. Cohen Advanced Patent Law

Viviane EisenbergEntertainment Law

Douglas Hand Fashion Law Practicum

Sherry JetterIP Licensing and Drafting

Stacy LiebowitzArt Law Field Clinic

Josh MendelsohnCollective Bargaining in Sports and Entertainment

Marc OstrowMusic Law

Peter RieneckerEntertainment and Media Law

Rachel StromMedia Law

John TsavarisPatent Law Practicum

David ZimmermanSports Law

HALL OF FAME

Selected Alumni

FASHIONCourtney Brown ’14, The Estée Lauder CompaniesAlyssa Cole ’12, New York and CompanyAva Farshidi ’15, David YurmanStefania Geraci ’99, Luxottica GroupLauren Herz ’15, TourneauFawn Horvath ’97, Macy’sWilliam Jelinek ’93, The Estée Lauder CompaniesCara Londin ’89, Luxottica GroupLesley Matty ’07, Tiffany & Co.Stephanie Mazepa ’06, Tech StyleViviana Mura ’06, Luxottica GroupMichael Neuman ’07, Marquee BrandsNatalie Newman ’05, Michael KorsMiya Owens ’14, Jewelers Vigilance CommitteeMorgan Richman ’12, The Estée Lauder CompaniesMelissa Roth ’06, BurberryAlexandra Simmerson ’14, Michael KorsAriel Tacher ’14, G-III Apparel GroupRachel Waranch ’05, Chanel

ARTMonica Dugot ’90, Christie’sAsya Varshisky Geller ’09, Sotheby’sAbbey Green ’99, Christie’sCathy Rae Nash ’88, Nash Art Law AdvisorsIrina Tarsis ’11, Center for Art Law

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT David Althoff ’04, Marvel EntertainmentPaul G. Anderson ’12, Forbes MediaMichael Bales ’10, Nintendo of AmericaAlan Baral ’87, Open Road EntertainmentRichard Blackstone ’87, BMG Rights ManagementJessica Blumert ’13, Diamonds InternationalCraig Brody ’00, The Shuman CompanyMegan Brown ’02, ViacomStephen Coates ’06, TwitterVladimar Elgort ’02, Sony Corporation of AmericaDeborah Feinblum ’07, The Walt Disney CompanyEvelyn Finster ’95, The Walt Disney CompanyJesse Fox ’08, Conde NastSheryl Gold ’89, Universal Music GroupJonathan Golfman ’03, Media Rights CapitalAndrew Hannibal ’12, Sesame WorkshopJonas Kant ’95, Sony/ATV Music PublishingJohn LaBarre ’05, GoogleBlossom Lefcourt ’05, Comedy CentralCatherine Leibowitz ’14, ViacomRand Levin ’93, Universal Music GroupDan Lewis ’05, Sesame Workshop

Alec Lipkind ’88, The Walt Disney CompanyAlissa Makower ’92, CBS CorporationOlivier Manigat ’08, Heineken USAEric Marder ’15, Warner Music GroupJeff Marx ’96, Avenue QJoshua Montazeri ’17, Warner Music GroupChristina S. Monteiro ’04, NBCUniversal MediaCatherine Noh ’14, CBS Television StudiosAdam Pallack, Universal Music GroupDaniel Paretsky ’06, CBS CorporationGregg Pendola ’98, The Walt Disney StudiosCathy Perifimos ’09, Smithsonian NetworksLisa Rogell ’90, Universal Music GroupNicholas Schmitt ’15, Tuff City RecordsHoward Schneck ’95, GoProMichael Seltzer ’92, Universal Music GroupSkyler Sourifman ’12, Universal Music GroupSteven Spira ’79, Warner Bros. PicturesJulie Swidler ’82, Sony Music EntertainmentMuriel Tebid ’79, The Walt Disney CompanyAndrew Thau ’91, United Talent AgencyTimothy Yip ’08, SquareAmanda Wolfe ’04, Comedy Central

SPORTSKari Cohen ’12, Brooklyn Nets & Barclays CenterNicholas Eisenman ’05, Major League BaseballDavid Fogel ’15, NBA Coaches AssociationJay Grossman ’91, PuckAgency

LAW FIRMSStephanie Furgang Adwar ’91, Furgang & Adwar Iddo Arad ’00, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & SelzJason Boyarski ’00, Boyarski Fritz Tal Dickstein ’00, Loeb & Loeb Jeremy S. Goldman ’05, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & SelzLindsay Korotkin ’13, Arent Fox Vejay Lalla ’00, Davis & GilbertJodi Peikoff ’87, Jodi Peikoff Law OfficeMichael Reinert ’82, Fox RothschildDavid S. Rosenbaum ’80, Gerard Fox LawMarc Simon ’01, Fox RothschildGregory Slewett ’02, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & GoodmanSteven Stern ’00, Stern & Schurin Kenneth M. Weinrib ’84, Franklin Weinrib Rudell & VassalloYael Weitz ’09, Herrick Feinstein

Daniel DardaniTechnology Licensing Officer MIT Technology Licensing Office

Waleed Diab ’04Director of North American Record Label Business Development Google Play & YouTube

Viviane EisenbergSenior Vice President and Chief Counsel HBO

Jeffrey Goldfarb ’02Director of Strategic Planning G-III Apparel Group

Douglas HandPartnerHand Baldachin Amburgey

Lois HerzecaRetired Partner Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Executive Advisor Early Stage Companies

Sherry JetterPartner CKR Law

Barbara KolsunProfessor of Practice and Director of the FAME Center Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Rosalind LichterTribeca Film Center

Peter MastrostefanoSenior Vice President General Counsel Compliance Officer Secretary Kering Americas

Claudine Meredith-GoujonPartner Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

William PearlsteinPartner Pearlstein, McCullough & Lederman

Rick Perkal ’81CEO and Managing Partner Firelight Capital Partners

Madhu Goel SouthworthSenior Vice President Legal & Business Affairs AMC Networks and Sundance TV

Lee SpornOf Counsel Olshan Frome Wolosky

Renee WilmPartner Baker Botts

David ZimmermanExecutive Vice President Chief Legal Officer and General CounselNational Hockey League

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