The body of law now labeled intellectual property has become front-page news. Stories about the rise of the digital age, computers and the web, file-sharing, technological protection, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act pervade the news and entertainment media. The ability to make a perfect copy without any decrease in quality is status quo for an entire generation of people.
Few places better reflect this shift in legal practice — or better prepare IP lawyers — than Columbia Law School, where IP has been an area of teaching and scholarship since long before current trends began to emerge.
"I can say with certainty that the education I received in intellectual property at Columbia Law School could not have been equaled elsewhere. Copyright and trademark law are taught by professors who do not simply report the law; they help shape it." — Kevin Burdette '06
