Centers and Programs
Columbia's Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts was established to contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use.
The Center has encouraged the development of instruction at the Law School in topics such as intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, the regulation of electronic media, and problems arising from new communications technologies.
In addition to basic courses covering various aspects of intellectual property, there are special seminars in intellectual property contracts, law and the music industry, law and the visual arts, law and the theatre, computer law, sports law, and international aspects of intellectual property, and an Externship in Law and the Arts. The Center also works with other divisions of the University, such as the School of the Arts and the Graduate School of Business, in seminars on topics in areas of mutual interest.
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Julius Silver Program in Law, Science, & Technology
Established in 1985 with a generous gift of Julius Silver '24, the Silver Program sponsors and coordinates the School's advanced courses in fields related to science and technology. At present these offerings include courses in technological properties and food and drug law, and seminars in computers and the law, telecommunications, medical innovation, and University-wide colloquia on biotechnology. Future plans call for further enrichment of the intellectual property curriculum and new courses devoted to regulation of scientific risk-taking, both in areas traditionally covered by administrative law and in the emerging field of biotechnology.
The Silver Program also sponsors a student law-and-technology group and a Law School speakers' program. In addition to its work with undergraduate law students, the Silver Program provides fellowships for graduate study for up to two students, one from the United States and one from abroad, each year, and provides partial support to scholars in law or law-related fields to spend a term in residence at the Law School as Julius Silver Research Fellows in residence.