Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law

• Intellectual Property, 
• Copyright, 
• Civil Procedure,
• Art Law, 
• International Intellectual Property

B.A. with high distinction 1987 Univ. of Michigan
J.D. magna cum laude 1992 Univ. of Michigan Law School
Order of the Coif

During the 2006-2007 academic year Professor Loren served as the first woman dean of Lewis & Clark Law School. Professor Loren's areas of expertise include intellectual property generally and copyright law in particular. The second edition of her popular casebook Copyright in a Global Information Economy (co-authored) was recently published by Aspen Publishing. She has published widely in law reviews, including the Washington University Law Quarterly, George Mason Law Review, Case Western Reserve Law Review and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law on topics including music copyrights in the age of the internet, criminal copyright infringement, the proper scope of the derivative work right in the digital age and economic analysis as it relates to the copyright doctrine of fair use. Loren's recent article explores creative commons licensing, arguing for enforceability of the license while urging courts to recognize a new doctrine of limited copyright abandonment. In another recent article, Loren proposes that courts embrace a more expansive approach to the doctrine of copyright misuse to help discourage overreaching by copyright owners in shrinkwrap license agreements.

After graduation from law school Professor Loren clerked for the Honorable Ralph B. Guy, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. She then joined the law firm of Bodman, Longley & Dahling in Detroit, where she was involved in all of aspects of intellectual property protection. Her practice included copyright and trademark counseling, application, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement litigation. In 2008 Professor Loren was named Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar in recognition of her exemplary teaching and scholarship in Intellectual Property law.