
The business of Fashion & Luxury necessitates a thorough understanding of the legal framework that governs the firms’ key internal activities, as well as their relationships with clients and other third parties. The “Fashion Law” courses by Legal Desire and Fashion Law Journal give an overview of fashion law which is an emerging arena of legal specialty that encompasses legal issues relating to every component of the fashion fraternity. The course will concentrate on the key industry-based legal issues from a practical point of view:
The courses are regularly supplemented with practical cases (simulations with managers and lawyers of the fashion industry) and a case study method of teaching will be adopted wherein the participants will be delegated a brand and will be required to create all the legal compliances.
The “Fashion Law” courses are designed to provide participants with the most up-to-date practical information, benchmarks, and industry expertise on the most important areas of legal frameworks and perspectives in the fashion and luxury industries. Starting with an overview of the industry, including legal compliance of fashion brands, intellectual property, and specific agreements, the course will focus on all major stages of the fashion lifecycle and promote applied framework to the fashion and luxury industry.
A comprehensive curriculum is designed to delve deeper into the legal perspective of the fashion world. It acts as a conceptual guide to understanding the process of IP protection in fashion, laws associated with counterfeiting, ethics, and sustainability, licensing and franchise agreement, and the various redressal mechanisms in the fashion industry.
The following are the modules that are covered under the course:
Module 1: Introduction This module will give an introduction to Fashion Law by explaining its history and evolution. It further throws light on the work profile of a fashion lawyer and discusses the legal issues in the fashion industry.
Module 2: Compliances required for a Fashion Brand This module is designed to comprehensively explain business registration, IP protection, banking, taxation, corporate regulations, employment including Prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, and other compliances required for a fashion brand. This module also discusses the prominence of international trade and its legal issues.
Module 3: Fashion, Ethics and Sustainability While the road towards sustainability, in general, isn’t easy, it’s now critical that we all learn what qualifies as truly sustainable and ethical fashion. This module teaches just that, from examining raw materials used to the practices implemented all the way down the supply chain. We hope to not only educate you on the problematic status of the industry as it currently stands but also provide you with the knowledge necessary to judge whether a clothing company or item is truly ethical.
Module 4: Supply Chain Issues Delivering new items to markets all around the world is a difficult and complex process for many fashion, apparel, and lifestyle firms. Poor communication, which stems from poor collaboration and data visibility, is one of the most significant difficulties faced by fashion businesses. Transporters, warehouses, merchants, and even consumers are all part of a supply chain. This module focuses on the issues faced at various stages in the complex supply chain of the fashion industry.
Module 5: Fashion and Business This module is designed to decode the complexities in Fashion Law and Business and offers straightforward guidance on a wide range of legal and business challenges that fashion industry participants, such as designers, suppliers, garment manufacturers, and retailers, confront.
Module 6: Fashion & IPR This module offers an intensive explanation of the major IP sub-area of copyright, trademark and trade dress, design, patent and geographical indication. It explores the magnitude of these laws in the protection of the fashion brand. The module is intended to teach the participants international filing.
Module 7: Fashion and Employment Law Employment law is the branch of law that deals with the relationship between employers and employees, including what employers can expect and ask of employees, as well as employee rights in the workplace. This module is designed to understand the various rights, conditions and welfare schemes of employment in the fashion industry.
Module 8: Fashion and Negotiation This module offers an overview of legal issues to be aware of when running a fashion business and provides details of the relevant contracts, and terms to consider in negotiations with contractors, to ensure adequate legal protections are in place. The participants will be taught how to draft various agreements pertaining to the fashion business.
Module 9: Counterfeiting Unlike other industries, counterfeiting fashion products is much easier. Counterfeiters just copy-paste the look and add the brand’s name. In the digital era, fashion forgers have extensively impacted the fashion industry. This module will address various mechanisms like anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy and consumer protection.
The “Fashion Law” courses are designed for:
WHY TAKE THE COURSE?
The courses are designed for law graduate students, practicing lawyers, young managers, professionals, and young entrepreneurs who are interested in tackling the difficulties of the fashion market. It’s a great way to learn about the comprehensive legal challenges and best practices in the sector. The participants will explore different pillars of fashion law such as intellectual property, business, and finance including employment law, international trade and government regulations including sustainability, consumer culture, and complaint mechanism.
Teaching Model:
The Method of teaching is Online via our own LMS portal. The teaching model is composed of the following –
Assignments:
The students of both the course are assigned mock fashion brands for drafting a business plans, supply chain flowcharts, contracts/agreements relevant to their product line, compliances, etc. followed by the final brand presentation. To help the student, one-on-one sessions are organised to guide them about the assignments. The assignments are to be submitted online via LMS in order to receive feedback from the faculty.
KEY FACTS
Course Language: English
Duration:
12 weeks (Diploma Course) (10+ Industry Expert Sessions)
+ Option of 1 Month Internship with Fashion Law Journal
Next Batch: 15th Nov ’22 (Enrollment starts on 15th September’22, Limited Spots)
Deliverables:
Value:
$550/-
Register: As Course curriculum includes interactive sessions, mock brand setup assignments and one-on-one session, we have limited spots to continue impart quality education, interested applicants can register using the following links:
Contact: For any queries, feel free contact : +91-8849165139 or drop an email to fashion@legaldesire.com
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