Recent Conferences

Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, will be coming to Thomas Jefferson School of Law with his talk Legalizing Marijuana & Ending the Drug War: California’s Special Role. Described by Rolling Stone magazine as “the real drug czar" for drug policy...

This conference, co-sponsored by the Law and Humanities Institute (New York) and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, examines the many ways in which law and magic interact. Not only can the law influence the practice of magic, such as in the areas of freedom of speech and religion and intellectual...

Creative and innovative ideas are at the core of the fashion industry, from the creation of the corset to Lady Gaga’s infamous meat ensemble. However, the theft and unauthorized copying of fashion designs remains a persistent problem, reflecting, some would say, the law’s failure to...

In the patent world, a troll is an entity that obtains patents for inventions it never intends to market, instead lurking in the shadows to zap purported infringers with patent infringement suits. In the copyright world, so-called "sample trolls" such as Bridgeport Music, are entities...