Intellectual Property, Arts, & Technology Clinic

IPAT Client STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS wins Best Social Impact Documentary Award at HotDocs

May 6, 2024 by IPAT Clinic Staff

We are over the moon to share the news that Jalena Keane-Lee, Erin Lau, and Amber Espinosa-Jones‘s powerful, inspiring film Standing Above the Clouds just won the Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary at Hot Docs International Film Festival! We have felt so privileged to work with these brilliant filmmakers to help this important film get made. Congratulations!

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The UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic is a core clinic in the UC Irvine School of Law's clinical program.

Law students in the IPAT Clinic work to protect civil liberties and support innovation in the digital age by advising and representing clients on a range of matters dealing with copyright, patent, privacy, First Amendment, and media law, among other areas. Clients include artists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, nonprofits, journalists, policymakers, and others. Through this work, Clinic students gain important legal skills while examining the role of the public interest in intellectual property, media, and technology law.

In 2016, the Clinic won a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award for its work on behalf of filmmakers and authors.

The Clinic is directed by Professor Jack Lerner. Adjunct Professor Susan Seager leads our Press Freedom and Transparency practice, and Lecturer Christina Gagnier leads our Tech Startup practice.