Michael M EpsteinMichael M. Epstein is a Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. A founding faculty member of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute at Southwestern, Professor Epstein is an interdisciplinary scholar specialiing in media, telecommunications, international law, and popular culture. Since 2009, Professor Epstein has been the principal editor of the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law, a faculty-edited law review published by the Biederman Institute in cooperation with the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law and Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. He also directs the Amicus Project at Southwestern, a pro bono outreach program that invites law students to prepare amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs before the US Supreme Court and in other jurisdictions. Professor Epstein received his undergraduate and law degrees from Columbia University and earned an MA and PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan. Read More Read Less