New York Law School will open a new academic center this month to help students prepare for careers in a technology-based economy. The Innovation Center for Law and Technology will cover issues such as intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, fashion law, sports law and entrepreneurship.

The center's director, associate law professor Ari Ezra Waldman, said in an interview that about 100 students have signed up as affiliates for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 24.

“Law firms tend to react to changes rather than get in front of them,” Waldman said. “We are trying to change that.”