Cliff Gilbert-Lurie at meeting

The Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law was thrilled to welcome Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, a senior partner at Ziffren Brittenham, to the law school as part of the Ziffren Institute's Lunch with the Corner Office program.  Lunch with the Corner Office provides select students the invaluable opportunity to discuss the entertainment industry with leading innovators in a small, intimate setting.

Dale Cohen, David Kaye, Agnés Callamard, Bruce Brown and Mónica Almeida.
From left: Dale Cohen, David Kaye, Agnés Callamard, Bruce Brown and Mónica Almeida.

Press freedom is at risk worldwide, with life-threatening consequences for journalists, according to an all-star roster of experts who spoke at UCLA School of Law.

The panel "Cross-Border Legal Threats to Press Freedom" drew more than 150 law students, practitioners and media professionals to a Sept. 19 discussion moderated by Dale Cohen, director of UCLA Law's Documentary Film Legal Clinic.

Ben Ryzak, Dan Breslauer, Graham Fenton, Lucas Hawley, Payvand Vafa and Elda Boulgourjian.
From left: Ben Ryzak, Dan Breslauer, Graham Fenton, Lucas Hawley, Payvand Vafa and Elda Boulgourjian.

The Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law hosted its third annual One Year Out panel on September 26, bringing recent alumni back into the fold to talk to current students about launching careers in entertainment law.

On the set of “Ernie & Joe,” an independent documentary film that received vital assistance from UCLA Law’s Documentary Film Legal Clinic.
On the set of “Ernie & Joe,” an independent documentary film that received vital assistance from UCLA Law’s Documentary Film Legal Clinic.

Two years ago, UCLA School of Law’s Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law launched the Documentary Film Legal Clinic, a creative enterprise among law students, veteran media attorneys and independent filmmakers.

Donald Remy, Cody McDavis '19 and Doug Greenberg.
From left: Donald Remy, Cody McDavis '19 and Doug Greenberg.

The rapidly evolving world of amateur athletics was the focus of the Ziffren Institute's IN-Sports panel "State of Play: College Sports Today," on Nov. 15. A standing-room-only crowd heard from NCAA Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operations Officer Donald Remy and former NCAA Division I athlete Cody McDavis '19. Doug Greenburg, partner at Latham & Watkins, served as moderator for the lively discussion.

Who owns the copyright in this movie? That song? A book upon which a movie is based? In today’s entertainment marketplace, content is king, and the answers to these questions may have million-dollar implications. On February 26, two lawyers from O’Melveny & Myers’ Century City office gave students an introduction on how to trace copyright ownership across transactions, or what those in the entertainment industry refer to as the “chain of title.”

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