One year ago, the world seemed very different. A class of newly minted attorneys had just taken the bar exam and were on their way to budding new careers in the legal profession. Things changed drastically after a few short months, as the world adjusted to a global pandemic, shifting the legal practice and many other industries to remote operations.
Making a smooth transition from big law firms to entertainment boutiques was the topic for an alum and a colleague who came to UCLA Law on January 30 to participate in the Ziffren Center's Supplemental Practical Legal Education (SPLE) program.
Rounding out the Ziffren Center's Supplemental Practical Legal Education (SPLE) programs for 2018-19, UCLA Law alums, on Ayo Adeyeye '13 and Erez Rosenberg '15 of Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein offered a lunchtime presentation on March 8 on the basics of transactional entertainment law—namely the Certificate of Engagement.
The next big collaboration between technology and entertainment took center stage at “Hollywood Analytica,” the 43rd Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium on March 15 and 16, where many of the industry’s biggest stars met to discuss the legal and economic impacts of innovations in an industry grappling with rapid evolution.
UCLA School of Law has been named the No. 1 entertainment law school in America for a sixth straight year by The Hollywood Reporter.
In total, 20 alumni of UCLA Law appeared on The Hollywood Reporter’s 2019 lists of Power Lawyers and legends in entertainment law.
Five alumni ranked as legal legends: John Branca ’75, Melanie Cook ’78 and Kenneth Ziffren ’65 of Ziffren Brittenham; Kenneth Kleinberg ’67 of Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo; and Schuyler Moore ’81 of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger.
Distinguished UCLA School of Law alumnus Andrei Iancu ’96 returned on Feb. 22 to offer an inside look from the highest reaches of the federal government into the most pressing issues in patent law.
A longtime patent-law lecturer at UCLA Law and former managing partner of Irell & Manella, Iancu was confirmed as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in early 2018. As the head of the USPTO, he oversees one of the primary federal agencies that govern intellectual property rights.
Rapid developments in the sports-betting industry following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision were the focus of a conference featuring prominent sports agents, executives and attorneys on Feb. 8 at UCLA School of Law.
The event, “All Bets Are On,” was the latest convening of the In Series, sponsored by UCLA Law’s Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law.