Law School

[adpiucf]

Unfortunately, it's back to roommates for me. But I'll be living with a 3L and an LLM student, so I don't think it will be too terrible. One of my roommates has a dog, too, and we'll be in a house with a yard, so it will be nice to have a playmate for my dog and another dog owner around.

Another question: are there any good resources out there where I can learn more about ad law? I'm coming out of the advertising industry, so I'm just curious about that field of law. I looked on the NALP directory web site and found some firms that practice ad law. Or should I just be reading more about communications law in general?

(I'm NOT pre-studying for law school-- just curious about that field!!!)

[kddani]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

Unfortunately, it's back to roommates for me. But I'll be living with a 3L and an LLM student, so I don't think it will be too terrible. One of my roommates has a dog, too, and we'll be in a house with a yard, so it will be nice to have a playmate for my dog and another dog owner around.

Another question: are there any good resources out there where I can learn more about ad law? I'm coming out of the advertising industry, so I'm just curious about that field of law. I looked on the NALP directory web site and found some firms that practice ad law. Or should I just be reading more about communications law in general?

(I'm NOT pre-studying for law school-- just curious about that field!!!)

This is very much a subspecialty. I know my law school didn't offer any classes on it, and I don't know any firms that advertise that as a practice area. While that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, it may as a subset of a bigger area. For instance, I have a case where two business allege that they sent in the materials and money to get their ads placed in the phone book (I represent the phone book company - Verizon) and the ads weren't in the phone book when it came out. They're claiming damages for the business they lost. That just falls into a contract dispute that's pretty basic. I would certainly advise getting a broad education - what classes you take in law school has little to no bearing to what you end up practicing most of the time.

And when you said "ad law" I thought that you were referring to administrative law, lol.

[Kevin]

^ I think we actually had that exact case in my Contracts class. It was to illustrate that a plaintiff can't win damages on a contract claim if the damages claimed are speculative.

[adpiucf]

I don't want to study any specialties in law school per se (I am interested in more of a generalist degree than any certificates in things like real estate, environmental, etc.) -- I don't think you can become much of an expert in anything just from taking a few classes. I just wanted to know if there were any books about the field-- maybe I should look more toward communications law? Thanks again!!

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

I don't want to study any specialties in law school per se (I am interested in more of a generalist degree than any certificates in things like real estate, environmental, etc.) -- I don't think you can become much of an expert in anything just from taking a few classes. I just wanted to know if there were any books about the field-- maybe I should look more toward communications law? Thanks again!!

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I don't know of any treatise that deals specifically with "advertising law" but you can take a look at the following bibliographies to get a grasp of the material out there: Advertising Law and Consumer Law. Not at all a comprehensive list but hopefully something you can use.

[adpiucf]

Super!! Thanks.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

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[Still BLUTANG]

awww, i'm blushing. thank you!