Articles & Speaking Engagements
Gabrielle is a frequent speaker and source – and less frequent writer – on legal topics related to her practice. Below is a sampling of each.
Selected Speaking Engagements:
Entertainment Law Highlights (Presenter) Montgomery County Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Committee (April 2, 2024)
AI’s Cultural Shift on Art and Fashion (Moderator) Penn Law APALSA and Asian Law Review Joint Annual Symposium, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (January 27, 2024)
Intellectual Property and Corporate Lawyering Practitioners Panel (Panelist), University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (November 29, 2023; November 30, 2022; December 1, 2021; December 2, 2020; November 6, 2019; November 7, 2018; November 8, 2017; November 9, 2016; November 4, 2015; November 6, 2013; December 14, 2012; December 16, 2011; November 17, 2010)
Copyright and Contract Basics for Emerging Artists (Presenter) Tyler School of Art, course on Professional Practices in Crafts (October 6, 2023; February 3, 2023; October 21, 2022; March 25, 2022)
Transactional Drafting Panel, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (April 19, 2023; December 8, 2021; December 9, 2020; December 6, 2017; October 26, 2016)
Creating a Business Entity for Your Creative Enterprise (Presenter) private client event, November 12, 2022
A Conversation on Balancing Career and Self-Care Awareness (Panelist) She Rocked It x Athleta, Jenkintown, PA (November 3, 2022)
Creative Control: IP in a World of Democratized Content Creation (Panelist) Penn Intellectual Property Group Annual Symposium, panel on Licensing in the Era of Small Creators. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (October 14, 2022)
Contracts for Creatives 101 (Presenter) Tools of the Trades conference (March 24, 2022)
Legal Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs (Speaker) Rock-It Launcher group mentorship program, presented by She Rocked It (January 25, 2022)
Copyright and Contract Basics for Creators (Speaker) CERF+, Cover Your A’s: Art, Assets and Archives conference at University of Delaware (March 16, 2021)
So You Think You Can Freelance: Copyright and Contract Basics (Featured speaker) Broad Street Review, Philadelphia (March 10, 2021)
Copyright and Contracts Basics for Writers, (Featured Speaker) South Jersey Writers’ Group (November 19, 2020)
Looking Ahead to 2021: Hot Topics and Current Trends in Mergers & Acquisitions (Course planner and panelist) Pennsylvania Bar Institute (September 15, 2020)
In the Spotlight with Gabrielle Sellei: Entertainment Attorney and Founder of Sellei Law (Featured speaker) Sports and Entertainment Law Society at Rutgers Law School (November 14, 2019)
Contract Basics for the New Dentist, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University (November 2, 2018; January 16, 2018; January 25, 2017; February 27, 2015)
Time’s Up and the Entertainment Industry (panelist), Penn Law Entertainment and Sports Law Society, University of Pennsylvania Law School (March 14, 2018)
Getting the Work Done – Making the Most of a Virtual Office (Panelist) Women Owned Law webinar series (October 10, 2017)
On Entertainment Law, Putting in the Work, and Doing Things Differently with Gabrielle Sellei (Podcast guest) The Happy Lawyer Project, episode 52 (September 26, 2017)
Working With a Literary Agent (Podcast guest) The SkillBites Show (December 21, 2016)
Off to a Good Start (Up): Representing the Start-Up, From Formation to Financing (Course planner and panelist) Pennsylvania Bar Institute (November 2, 2016; December 4, 2014; December 11, 2012)
Recent Amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct (Course planner and presenter) Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, Huntingdon Valley, PA (June 12, 2014)
Representing the LGBT Client in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (May 20, 2014)
Unpaid Interns – How To Do It Right In The Black Swan Era (Webinar), Pennsylvania Bar Institute (November 19, 2013)
CLE with the Phillies: Protecting the IP Rights of Players/Sports Teams, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (July 25, 2011)
With Friends Like This: Issues in Real Property Ownership Among Unmarried Individuals, Pennsylvania Bar Institute/13th Annual Real Estate Institute (December 3, 2009 & December 4, 2009)
Financial Fitness Panel Discussion, Women in Insurance and Financial Services (June 17, 2008)
Taking Flight: Getting Your Business Off the Ground, Women in Insurance and Financial Services (April 17, 2008)
With Friends Like This: Issues in Real Property Ownership Among Unmarried Individuals, Pennsylvania Bar Institute/10th Annual Real Estate Institute (December 7, 2006 & December 8, 2006)
The Art of the Deal: What Every Artist Should Know About Contracts, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (September 21, 2006)
The Art of the Deal: What Every Artist Should Know About Contracts (and Copyright, too!), Artists’ Guild of Delaware County (November 14, 2005)
The Art of the Deal: What Every Artist Should Know About Contracts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (April 16, 2005; February 21, 2004; November 21, 2000; March 29, 2000; February 17, 1999)
Copyright: What Every Artist Needs to Know, Creative Artists Network (September 18, 2003)
Direct Dialogue: Legal Issues for Artists, Philadelphia Art Alliance (January 9, 2003)
Music Business Boot Camp: Business Formation for Artists, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (August 7, 2002)
The Art of the Deal: What Every Arts Manager Should Know About Contracts, Drexel University Graduate Arts Administration Program (May 8, 2002; May 23, 2001; April 12, 2000)
Craft & Copyright: What Every Artist Needs to Know, Buyers Market of American Craft, Pennsylvania Convention Center (February 16, 2001)
The Art of the Deal: What Every Artist Should Know About Contracts, Moore College of Art & Design (December 4, 2000)
Protecting Yourself/Protecting Your Art, Main Line Art Center (October 14, 1999)
Independent Contractor or Employee? Minority Arts Resource Council, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (October 27, 1997)
501(c)(3) Status: An Overview – or – Everything You Wanted to Know About Tax Exempt Status, and Much Too Much More, The Furniture Society (May 14, 1997)
Finding a Market for Your Art (alumnae reunion speaker), Moore College of Art & Design (May 11, 1996)
Articles:
Quoted in Dropshippers plague Philly Etsy shop owner who made Beyonce’s Renaissance mirror ball hat, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 25, 2023
Quoted in NFL, Eagles trademark complaints have Philly artist Instagrams disabled, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2023
Author, Off-loading risk: How your legal adviser can help minimize risk, Smart Business Magazine, May 2014
Author, Paid vs. unpaid interns: Unpaid interns could be costly if you’re doing it wrong, Smart Business Magazine, September 2013
Author, Benefiting business: How a benefit corporation can assist for-profit companies with sustainable values, Smart Business Magazine, February 2012