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Inside Out 10
Whether you believe the new president is playing his cards strategically or the jokers are running wild in Washington, the unprecedented flood of executive orders in the first weeks of the administration is affecting many economic sectors and communities, including the fashion industry. From tariffs and trade to immigration, DEI programs, corporate taxes, environmental regulations, and more, the executive branch seems determined to Trump old policies with new ones. How can fashion adapt to these rapid changes and emerge with a winning hand? Join our distinguished panelists as they drop their poker faces and lay their cards on the table for the Fashion Law Institute's 10th annual candid, off-the-record, unrecorded discussion, "Inside Out 10: Fashion's In-House Counsel on Playing the Political Hand We're Dealt."
DATE: Friday, February 7, 2025
TIME: 9:30-10:45 am
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional
- Angie Byun, AB World
- Louise Firestone, LVMH (formerly)
- Laura Hansell, Kering
- Jeffrey S. Hellman, PVH Corp.
- Hayley Macon, Endeavor
- Natalia Tenaglia, G-III Apparel Group
- Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
- Moderated by Professor Susan Scafidi, Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute at Fordham
SOLD OUT!
For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.
Happy Year of the Snake!
Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinic
We’re here to help! A key part of the Fashion Law Institute’s mission is providing legal assistance to designers and fashion industry professionals, not only in the form of educational programming but also by offering free legal consultations. Long before the launch of the Institute, we realized that there was no fashion-specific pro bono legal program available, and that many emerging and independent designers lacked access to basic legal advice tailored to the fashion industry. With the help of the CFDA, we set out to fill that information gap.
Our series of Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinics matches each individual designer with a volunteer attorney who has both fashion experience and expertise related to the question at hand, along with an advanced student studying fashion law for extra assistance. (We came up with the “pop-up” name as a nod to retail pop-up stores – and a way to distinguish this program from traditional law school clinical courses.)
If you are a designer with a question or an attorney who would like to volunteer, please click here or email us for more information. Designers and other fashion industry professionals, please understand that we do not ordinarily arrange legal counsel apart from the Fashion Law Pop-Up Clinics and that space in this popular program is limited.
15th Annual Symposium
Join us in person on Friday, April 4, 2025, for the 15th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium!
DATE: April 4, 2025
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, 2nd floor
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total
REGISTER NOW!
CLE Materials – Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge Screening and Panel
Protected: CLE Materials: Inside Out 9
Inside Out 9
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Join us for our 9th annual panel featuring fashion's in-house counsel!
Washington may be routinely derided as the city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm, but U.S. federal agencies have been quite busy lately with new proposals and regulations that directly affect the fashion industry. We've asked in-house colleagues to join us for a candid, off-the-record discussion of the agency activities that they're watching closely, from the Copyright Office and AI to the DOL and employee misclassification to the SEC and climate change reporting -- and of course, the question on everyone's mind, wtFTC?! We look forward to seeing you during New York Fashion Week for our 9th annual in-house counsel panel, "Inside Out 9: Fashion's in-house counsel on federal agency agendas"! This session will not be recorded.
DATE: Friday, February 9, 2024
TIME: 9:30-10:45 am
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional
- Ewa Abrams, Kering
- Jeffrey Hellman, PVH
- Hayley Macon, Endeavor
- 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.
14th Annual Symposium
REGISTRATION CLOSED - SOLD OUT!
Join us in person on Thursday, October 10, for the 14th annual Fashion Law Institute symposium!
DATE: October 10, 2024
TIME: 9am-6pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, 2nd floor
NYS CLE: 6.0 hours total
PANELS:
9am
Coffee
9:20am
Welcome
9:30–10:30am
Power of the purse: Antitrust issues litigation and fashion
10:45–11:45am
Getting a handle on new laws: Legislative and regulatory update
12–1pm
Lunch
1:15–2:15pm
Statement pieces: Dress codes, mask laws, and freedom of speech
2:30–3:30pm
So last season: Intellectual property challenges in the resale market
3:45–4:45pm
Totes and votes: Politics and the gift of garb
5–6pm
Reception
SPEAKERS:
- Christina Asbee, Disability Rights New York
- Laurie Berke-Weiss, Berke-Weiss Law
- Alessandra Biaggi, American politician, attorney, and activist
- Jana Checa Chong, Louis Vuitton
- Evan Clark, WWD
- Jacob Gallagher, New York Times
- Douglas Hand, Hand Baldachin & Associates
- Beth Haroules, New York Civil Liberties Union
- Hilary Jochmans, Jochmans Consulting
- Joshua W. Kapelman, Hilldun
- John Maltbie, Louis Vuitton
- Laura Zaharia Marion, J.Crew
- Olivera Medenica, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller
- John Owens Jr., New York City Law Department
- Mimi Plange, Designer
- Norman Siegel, Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans
- Ashley Valdes, Warby Parker
- Sara Yood, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
- Elnaz Zarrini, Benefit Street Partners
Unzipped
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT AND REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
We look forward to seeing you at a future event!
Fashion is a regular subject of editorial critique, whether as art or commerce, but fashion houses and industry professionals who receive negative attention are unlikely to appreciate the media spotlight. In extreme cases, fashion editors -- who rely on invitations, unlike restaurant or theater critics -- have been banned from runway shows. Journalists and social media commenters have also been threatened with defamation and invasion of privacy claims by irate fashion designers, brands, and photographers, both in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions. How do fashion critics balance access and candor, whether covering collections, reporting news, or analyzing the industry? Do anti-defamation lawsuits have a chilling effect on expression? Can anti-SLAPP laws balance free speech concerns? Please join
- Award-winning fashion journalist and author Teri Agins;
- Lindsey Schuyler and Tony Liu, the duo behind Diet Prada (infamously sued by Dolce & Gabbana);
- Italian attorney Marco Amorese;
- Jeff Trexler, Fashion Ethics professor at Fordham and an expert on banned books; and
- Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute,
for a Fashion Law Institute panel discussion, "Unzipped! Law and the Art of Speaking Truth to Fashion."
DATE: Thursday, November 9, 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
For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.
Fashion Week Panel: Designing Diversity II
Fashion has taken strides toward greater racial diversity – but as we anticipated in our panel discussion last fall, the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively eviscerated affirmative action, a key civil rights tool for over half a century. While the opinion addressed college admissions policies, its reasoning is far broader, and follow-on cases challenging corporate internships and scholarships are already on the horizon. 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 now be considered unconstitutional? How might the decision affect existing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs? And what are the best legal and ethical strategies for collecting the dividends of diversity and promoting the full spectrum of style in light of the Court's decision? Our panel of experts for "Designing Diversity after Affirmative Action, Part II" will discuss these questions and more. Join us at the beginning of New York Fashion Week to celebrate the Fashion Law Institute's 13th anniversary and engage in one of our favorite roles: cutting-edge analysis and constructive problem solving.
DATE: Friday, September 8, 2023
TIME: 9:30-10:45am (breakfast 9am)
PLACE: Fordham Law, 150 W. 62nd St., 2nd floor (Bateman Room)
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours Ethics and Professionalism, transitional and non-transitional
SPEAKERS:
Angie Byun, AB World
Hayley Macon, Endeavor
Jeff Trexler, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University
MODERATOR:
Professor Susan Scafidi
Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute
Due to the social significance of this topic, there is no required registration fee. Voluntary donations are welcome – and tax-deductible!
Register now!