- Copyright Law
- Cybersecurity
- Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property
- Design Law
- IP and Information Law Colloquium
- International Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Patent Law Practice
- Startup Law
- Taxation of Intellectual Property
- Trademark Law
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.”
Other Opportunities
Other Opportunities
Other Opportunities
Other Opportunities
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:
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:
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 7 for All Mankind and as assistant general counsel of WestPoint Stevens and Calvin Klein Jeans.
Creativity, Innovation & IP, Copyright Law, Design Law
Patent Law
Filmmakers Legal Clinic
Technology Law, Blockchain Law, Tech Startup Clinic
Cybersecurity Law, Data Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy Law
Media Law
Art Law
Advanced Patent Law
Entertainment Law
Fashion Law Practicum
IP Licensing and Drafting
Art Law Field Clinic
Collective Bargaining in Sports and Entertainment
Music Law
Entertainment and Media Law
Media Law
Patent Law Practicum
Sports Law
Courtney Brown ’14 , The Estée Lauder Companies
Melissa Roth ’06 , Burberry
Rachel Waranch ’05 , Chanel
Monica Dugot ’90, Christie’s
Asya Varshisky Geller ’09, Sotheby’s
Irina Tarsis ’11, Center for Art Law
Deborah Feinblum ’07, The Walt Disney Company
Rand Levin ’93, Universal Music Group
Amanda Wolfe ’04, Comedy Central
Courtney Brown ’14, Tiffany & Co.
Melissa Roth ’06, Burberry
Rachel Waranch ’05, Chanel
View MoreKari Cohen ’12, New York Red Bulls
Nicholas Eisenman ’05, Major League Baseball
David Fogel ’15, NBA Coaches Association
View MoreMonica Dugot ’90, Christie’s
Asya Varshisky Geller ’09,Sotheby’s
Irina Tarsis ’11, Center for Art Law
View MoreMatthew Asbell ’07, Offit Kurman
Jennifer Batista ’16, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz P.C.
Jason Boyarski ’00, Boyarski Fritz
Amanda Kusnierz ’18, Ladas & Parry, LLP
Abraham Lichy ’10, The Lichy Law Firm, P.C.
Eugene Pikulin ’12, Bruns, Brennan & Berry P.C.
Michael Reinert ’82, Fox Rothschild
View MoreMichael Seltzer ’92, Universal Music Group
Steven Spira ’79, Warner Bros. Pictures
Julie Swidler ’82, Sony Music Entertainment
Mary Kate Tischler ’99, Warner Media LLC
Michael A. Turner ’01, Netflix
View MoreBianca Acquaviva '17, RTW Retailwinds
Courtney Brown ’14, Tiffany & Co.
Alyssa Cole ’12, The Children's Place
Ava Farshidi ’15, David Yurman
Fawn Horvath ’97, Macy’s
William Jelinek ’93, The Estée Lauder Companies
Cara Londin ’89, Luxottica Group
Lindsay Donn Mann '13, PVH Corporation
Lesley Matty ’07, Tiffany & Co.
Stephanie Mazepa ’06, Tech Style
Viviana Mura ’06, Luxottica Group
Michael Neuman ’07, Marquee Brands
Natalie Newman ’05, Michael Kors
Kathleen O'Brien ’16, Tommy Hilfiger
Miya Owens ’14, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Melissa Roth ’06, Burberry
Alexandra Simmerson ’14, Capri Holdings Limited
Ariel Tacher ’14, G-III Apparel Group
Andrea Timpone '17, Vince
Rachel Waranch ’05, Chanel
Kari Cohen ’12, New York Red Bulls
Nicholas Eisenman ’05, Major League Baseball
David Fogel ’15, NBA Coaches Association
Jay Grossman ’91, Puck Agency
Sandra Cobden '90, Christie's
Monica Dugot ’90, Christie’s
Asya Varshisky Geller ’09, Sotheby’s
Abbey Green ’99, Christie’s
Cathy Rae Nash ’88, Nash Art Law Advisors
Irina Tarsis ’11, Center for Art Law
Stephanie Furgang Adwar ’91, Furgang & Adwar
Iddo Arad ’00, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Jessica Blumert '13, Beldock Levine & Hoffman
Jason Boyarski ’00, Boyarski Fritz
Stephen Coates '06, Coates IP
Tal Dickstein ’00, Loeb & Loeb
Jeremy S. Goldman ’05, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Lauren Herz '15, Squire Patton Boggs
Lindsay Korotkin ’13, Arent Fox
Vejay Lalla '00, Fenwick & West
Eric Marder '15, Reed Smith LLP
Joshua Montazeri '17, Fox Rothschild
Cathy Rae Nash '88, Smith & Liss LLP
Jodi Peikoff ’87, Jodi Peikoff Law Office
Michael Reinert ’82, Fox Rothschild
Lisa Rogell '90, HLY Media Law
David S. Rosenbaum ’80, Interactive Entertainment Law Group
Marc Simon ’01, Fox Rothschild
Gregory Slewett ’02, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Steven Stern ’00, Stern & Schurin
Kenneth M. Weinrib ’84, Franklin Weinrib Rudell & Vassallo
Yael Weitz ’09, Herrick Feinstein
Zachary Abella ’07, CBS Corporation
David Althoff ’04, Marvel Entertainment
Paul G. Anderson ’12, Forbes Media
Michael Bales ’10, Nintendo of America
Alan Baral ’87, Open Road Entertainment
Richard Blackstone ’87, BMG Rights Management
Jessica Blumert ’13, Diamonds International
Craig Brody ’00, Map Point Management
Megan Brown ’02, Viacom
Stephen Coates ’06, Twitter
Brad Cohen '05, Warner Music Group
Deborah Feinblum ’07, The Walt Disney Company
Evelyn Finster ’95, The Walt Disney Company
Jesse Fox ’08, Vox Media LLC
Sheryl Gold ’89, Universal Music Group
Jonathan Golfman ’03, Media Rights Capital
Matt Greenburg, 86, Ritholz Levy Fields
Andrew Hannibal ’12, Sesame Workshop
Jonas Kant ’95, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
David Yung Ho Kim ’10, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Grace Kim '04, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks
John LaBarre ’05, Snowflake
Blossom Lefcourt ’05, Viacom CBS
Catherine Leibowitz ’14, Viacom
Dan Lewis ’05, Warner Media
Alec Lipkind ’88, The Walt Disney Company
Alissa Makower ’92, CBS Corporation
Eric Marder ’15, Warner Music Group
Jeff Marx ’96, Avenue Q
Joshua Montazeri ’17, Warner Music Group
Christina S. Monteiro ’04, NBC Universal Media
Catherine Noh ’14, CBS Television Studios
Adam Pallack Universal Music Group
Daniel Paretsky ’06, Viacom CBS
Gregg Pendola ’98, The Walt Disney Studios
Cathy Perifimos ’09, Smithsonian Networks
Michael Reinert '82, Fox Rothschild
Lisa Rogell ’90, Universal Music Group
Michael Seltzer ’92, Universal Music Group
Greg Shack ’88, Sony Pictures
Skyler Sourifman ’12, Universal Music Group
Steven Spira ’79, Warner Bros. Pictures
Julie Swidler ’82, Sony Music Entertainment
Monika Tashman '00, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Muriel Tebid ’79, The Walt Disney Company
Andrew Thau ’91, United Talent Agency
Timothy Yip ’08, Square
Diana Yu '16, Marvel Entertainment
Michael Weinrib'83, Franklin Weinrib Rudell & Vasallo
Amanda Wolfe ’04, Comedy Central
Technology Licensing Officer MIT
Technology Licensing Office
Business & Legal Affairs
Universal Music Group
Director of North American Record Label
Business Development Google Play &
YouTube
Adjunct Professor
Cardozo School of Law
Director of Strategic Planning G-III
Apparel Group
Partner
Hand Baldachin & Associates LLP
COO/Strategic Partnerships
MouthMedia Network
Adjunct Professor
Cardozo School of Law
Professor of Practice and Director of the
FAME Center Cardozo School of Law
Tribeca Film Center
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
PUMA North America, Inc.
Partner Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison
Partner Pearlstein & McCullough LLP
CEO and Managing Partner Firelight
Capital Partners
Senior Vice President
Business & Legal Affairs
Universal Music Group
Senior Vice President Legal &
Business Affairs AMC Networks and
Sundance TV
Of Counsel Olshan Frome Wolosky
Chief Legal Officer
Liberty Media Corporation
Executive Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer, and General Counsel
National Hockey League
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