Fashion and law are two words you don't really hear in a sentence together, however during a panel discussion at Columia University last Saturday it was the only thing on people's minds. Joe Zee, Phillip Lim, Carole Lim, Humberto Leon and other industry specialists lead the discussion on "Asian Americans in the Fashion Industry" and quickly the focus was on making a career in fashion with a law degree. It seems there a huge demand for lawyers to specialise in fashion, copyright laws are a huge deal and with Topshop, Marks and Spencer and Ralph Lauren having sued over the past 2 years (and many many more! it is hardly surprising there is such a demand.
To fill this new demand Fordham Law School is starting a new course: Fashion Law Institute that is alreeady packed with applications and it hasnt even opened yet.
"We need lawyers and it's very nice to have people who want to specialise in law for the fashion business" Diane Von Furstenberg
Looks like the fashion industry just got slightly bigger
