Matthew Diller, dean of Fordham Law School, announces the appointment of Janet Freilich as associate professor of law. Her research and teaching areas include patent law, intellectual property, and civil procedure.

Professor Freilich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where she was a member of the Board of Student Advisors and the Journal of Law and Technology and was a student fellow with the John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics. Most recently, she served as Harvard Law’s inaugural postdoctoral fellow in private law and intellectual property with the Program on the Foundations of Private Law.

“Janet brings both practical and well-researched knowledge about the areas of patent law, intellectual property, and civil procedure to Fordham Law,” said Dean Matthew Diller. “I know that the expertise she shares with our students will put them on a path to a successful career no matter which specialty they pursue.”

This academic year, Professor Freilich will be teaching “Intellectual Property Law,” which covers patent, copyright, and trademark law. She’ll also teach “Civil Procedure,” a class that covers how the law works in the courts.

“I am so pleased to join the faculty at Fordham Law, where I will introduce students to fascinating aspects of the law that they will actually use in the real world,” said Professor Freilich. “Fordham Law is an amazing institution and I’m thrilled to be among incredible colleagues and students each day at such a respected school.”

In 2010, Professor Freilich won the Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize and the Irving Oberman Memorial Award in Intellectual Property in 2012 for her writing in patent law. Her research is in patent law, with a focus on the life sciences. She has published in the SMU Law Review, the Stanford Technology Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. Prior to entering academia, she practiced at Covington & Burling LLP as a patent litigator and prosecutor. She graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology.

More information: law.fordham.edu/jfreilich