How to get into Fashion Law and become a Fashion Lawyer??

Hey guys. I hope everyone is doing well. I’m really interested in learning more about what fashion law entails and how to get some experience and potentially work in this area. I have just graduated from my LLB, and I’m just wondering what the different options for becoming a fashion lawyer would be in the UK.

Does anyone have any advice on this, or if anyone has ever had any experience in this area of law, I would love to hear from you.

Thanks so much in advance and take care x

Reply 1

ad_ta

One of my friends is a lawyer and she works for an agency where some of their clients are LVMH, Jockey etc. She has a background and previous work experience in Intellectual Property law.

Reply 2

Stiffy Byng

Try to train with a West End entertainment law firm, or try to get an in-house job with a fashion company. Network. You will need to be up to speed on copyright, trademarks, and passing off, and also contract law, agency law, and possibly consumer law. Have fun!

I remember doing a hilarious case for a dodgy Italian retail brand. My client was trying to get the trial adjourned because, he claimed, he was at the shows in Milan. My opponent was hissing sotto voce "He's in Palermo".

Before Universal Thermosensors and Hibben [1992] 1 WLR 850, rag trade Anton Piller orders were a hoot. Turn up at some lock up at six AM, open the shutters and grab all the knock-off Chanel gear. Bish bash bosh, no Supervising Solicitor or any of that malarkey. Things have changed.

Reply 3

Ali-liyyah

Original post by ad_ta

One of my friends is a lawyer and she works for an agency where some of their clients are LVMH, Jockey etc. She has a background and previous work experience in Intellectual Property law.