Fordham University School of Law broke new ground in 2010 when it launched the first academic center devoted to fashion law. The program hosts courses, lectures and two-week fashion law boot camps each summer. Now the school is following up with two first-of-their-kind degree programs in fashion law: an LL.M. for attorneys and a master of studies for nonlawyers.

The school announced the programs on Monday with a press conference that featured Diane von Furstenberg, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Beginning in the fall, students will select courses including fashion ethics, model licensing, retail law, fashion law and finance. The National Law Journal spoke with Fordham law professor Susan Scafidi, who runs the school's Fashion Law Institute, about the target audience for the new degrees. The comments below have been edited for length.