Art Lawyering Bootcamp: Copyright Law (Apr. 23, 2025)

April 23, 2025

Center for Art Law’s inaugural Art Lawyering Bootcamp: Copyright Law took place on April 23, 2025. This was an in-person, full-day training aimed at preparing lawyers for working with visual artists and understanding their unique copyright law needs. The bootcamp was led by veteran art law attorneys specializing in copyright law.

This Bootcamp provided participants — attorneys, law students, law graduates and legal professionals — with foundational legal knowledge related to copyright law for art market clients. Through a combination of instructional presentations and mock consultations, participants will gain a solid foundation in copyright law and its specificities as applied to works of visual arts, such as the fair use doctrine and the use of generative artificial intelligence tools.

Bootcamp participants will be provided with training materials, including presentation slides and an Art Lawyering Bootcamp handbook.

Art Lawyering Bootcamp participants will receive 4.0 NY CLE credits upon successful completion of the training modules.

 

Instructors’ Bios

Judith Prowda

Judith B. Prowda is a member of the Faculty at Sotheby’s Institute of Art Master’s of Art Business program. She is an art lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator and a founding member of Stropheus Art Law. Her book, Visual Arts and the Law: A Handbook for Professionals (2013), has been translated into Chinese. She is Past Chair of the New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section, Co-Chair of EASL’s Committee on Fine Arts, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of EASL’s ADR Committee, and a member of the Dispute Resolution Section. She is also a member of the New York City Bar Art Law Committee. She has published and lectured extensively on art law and the market and alternative dispute resolution. She was a member of the working group in the creation of the Court of Arbitration for Art.

Nancy Wolff

Nancy Wolff is a partner at the intellectual property, media and entertainment law firm of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP located in New York, NY, and Beverly Hills, CA. She represents a wide range of creative individuals and companies in all areas of digital media, art law, licensing, and publishing and serves as counsel to the Digital Media Licensing Association. Nancy is co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Department and co-chair of the firm’s Art Law Group based on her deep knowledge of copyright, defamation, and other third-party rights.

She represents photographers, artists, collectors, museums, galleries, and publishers in all transactional issues. She provides guidance on best practices in using content and offers guidance in areas of content, and a pre-publication review of books, documentaries, films, podcasts, and television series. Nancy counsels on creative deal structuring, the acquisition and sale of properties and art collections, and reviews licensing and services agreements; exhibition agreements, and agreements involving interactive and emerging technologies.

Nancy is a frequent speaker throughout the United States and Europe on copyright, media, and licensing and has received significant recognition for her expertise in copyright law. She is a Past President of the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) and a member of the ABA IP Task Force on Copyright Reform. She has been published by Allworth Press, ABA Landslide Journal, and a book of essays she co-edited on 21st Century Copyright Law published with Focal Press.

Scott Sholder

Scott J. Sholder, Co-Chair of CDAS’ Litigation group, focuses his practice on litigation, counseling, and dispute resolution in connection with entertainment, media, art, and intellectual property matters. Scott represents and advises clients across various industries in copyright, trademark, trade secrets, right-of-publicity, unfair competition, domain name, and commercial and business disputes, as well as defamation defense. He has appeared in federal and state courts around the country as well as administrative and arbitral tribunals and has handled cases from pre-suit negotiations through trial, post-trial procedures, and appeals. His clients range from major media and entertainment companies and A-list talent to closely held and startup businesses and individuals in need of advice on intellectual property or guidance concerning brewing or existing legal conflicts.

Scott is a skilled advocate and understands the risks, benefits, and practical considerations inherent in intellectual property and media and entertainment legal matters and knows how to make use of available leverage and industry knowledge to reach a favorable conclusion. He utilizes a principled yet practical approach to litigation with an eye toward efficient resolution in line with the client’s business needs and financial realities.

A frequent writer and speaker on issues related to copyright and trademark in the entertainment and digital media space, with a recent focus on generative AI, Scott is a regular contributor to major legal publications and has published several law review articles. He has also authored numerous amicus briefs in the Courts of Appeal and U.S. Supreme Court addressing important and cutting-edge issues in copyright law.

Barry Werbin

Barry Werbin is counsel at Herrick, Feinstein LLP and a member of its Intellectual Property and Technology Group. His practice addresses both litigation and transactional matters involving copyrights, trademarks, publicity and privacy rights, false advertising, trade secrets, e-commerce, online marketing, intellectual property due diligence, software licensing and development, website related matters, and computer system data breaches.

Barry is a member and prior Trustee and NY Chapter Co-Chair of the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) and a current member of the CSUSA’s Visual & Fine Arts Subcommittee. Barry was prior Chair of the NYS Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (Feb. 2020 – Jan. 2022) and is a permanent member of the EASL Executive Committee. Barry also served as Chair of the Copyright & Literary Property Committee of the New York City Bar Association (2010 – 2013). He is currently a member of INTA’s Bulletin Committee and was a prior member of INTA’s Commercialization of Brands Committee and Online Use/Web 2.0 Working Group, which studied brands in social media. Barry Co-Chairs Fordham Law School’s Intellectual Property Alumni Affinity Group and is an Advisory Board Member of the Fordham Art Law Society. Barry lectures on copyright law at St. John’s Law School, and previously at Brooklyn Law School, and has also lectured on Internet law at Parsons School of Design.

Jordan Greenberger

Jordan Greenberger focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. Businesses and individuals from a wide range of industries have trusted Jordan to protect their interests and guide them through the legal process.

Jordan is a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University (2007), where he earned his Juris Doctor degree with a concentration in intellectual property law. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004).

Jordan is licensed to practice law in both New York and New Jersey, and has extensive experience in the areas of intellectual property law, entertainment law, and commercial litigation. Throughout his career, Jordan has represented a diverse range of clients, has successfully litigated numerous complex cases in state and federal courts and in various arbitration forums, and has negotiated favorable settlements in countless others.

Prior to co-founding Firestone Greenberger PLLC, Jordan managed his own law practice (J. Greenberger, PLLC); and before that, he was an associate attorney in the litigation and intellectual property departments of a highly respected New York City law firm (Moses & Singer LLP).

Jordan is also an active and peer-recognized member of the legal community. He has presented and lectured at industry events, published numerous articles, and is a member of various professional organizations, including the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, the New York City Bar Association’s copyright committee, and the Copyright Society of the USA.

Handout

Read the handout for the Bootcamp HERE.

Recording

Watch the recording of the Bootcamp HERE.