NEW YORK
OFFICE HOSTS POP-UP CLINIC FOR THE FASHION
LAW INSTITUTE
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his spring, DWT’s New York office hosted and staffed a one-day “Pop-Up Clinic,” providing free legal consultation for fashion designers, aspiring entrepreneurs, and fashion industry professionals. The event was organized by associate Lisa Keith, who matched nine DWT attorney volunteers with their clients. As the name implies, the Pop-Up Clinic is a travelling pro bono series. It’s a project of the Fashion Law Institute, a nonprofit created four years ago at Fordham Law School by Professor Susan Scafidi, with support and advice from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and its president, Diane von Furstenberg.
Scafidi pioneered the study of fashion law and serves as the institute’s academic director. The Pop-Up Clinics are one of many projects of the institute, which offers training for the fashion lawyers and designers of the future, provides legal services for design students and profes-