Jon M. Garon

Jon M. Garon is Professor of Law and inaugural Director of the Goodwin Program for Society, Technology, and the Law at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, teaching Constitutional Law, Contracts, Privacy Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law and additional courses. He has published over 70 academic articles, books, and book chapters, and he has presented at more than 300 programs. A Minnesota native, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1985 and his juris doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1988. Professor Garon served as dean for NSU's Shepard Broad College of Law from 2014 to 2020. Prior to joining Nova Southeastern University in 2014, Professor Garon was the inaugural director of the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Law + Informatics Institute, serving from 2011-2014. He served as dean and professor of law at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota from 2003 to 2008 and interim dean of the Hamline Graduate School of Management from 2005 to 2006. Before Hamline, Professor Garon taught Entertainment Law and Copyright at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire and Western State University College of Law in Orange County, California. Professor Garon has been named a Senior Scholar at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School's Center for Intellectual Property X Innovation Policy and an Affiliated Faculty Member at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. Professor Garon's recent and forthcoming books include: Principles of Entertainment Law, (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026) (forthcoming). Intellectual Property Law And Practice: A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series) (West Academic 2026) (co-author) (forthcoming). Entertainment Law & Practice (Carolina Academic Press Third Edition 2020) (with Teacher's Manual) (Fourth Edition Forthcoming 2025). Professional Competence in the Technological Age (Carolina Academic Press 2025) (Forthcoming) Artificial Intelligence Law and Regulation in a Nutshell (West Academic 2025) (forthcoming) The Law of Digital Content (Am. Bar. Ass'n 2025) (editor) (forthcoming) How AI, Metaverses, Crypto, and Cyber will Upend the 21st Century (Edward Elgar Pub. 2024) Parenting for the Digital Generation: The Parent's Guide to Digital Education and the Online Environment (Rowman & Littlefield 2022) Law Professor's Desk Reference (Carolina Academic Press 2021) A Short and Happy Guide to Privacy and Cybersecurity Law (West Academic 2020) The Independent Filmmaker's Law & Business Guide to Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films (A Cappella Books, 3d Ed. 2021) The Entrepreneur's Intellectual Property & Business Handbook (Manegiere Pub., 2d. Ed. 2018) The Pop Culture Business Handbook for Cons and Festivals (Manegiere Pub. 2017)