{"id":74644,"date":"2026-10-22T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=74644"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:15:24","slug":"eliza-piekarski-2l-to-publish-book-chapter-on-ip-and-disability-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/22\/eliza-piekarski-2l-to-publish-book-chapter-on-ip-and-disability-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliza Piekarski, 2L, to publish book chapter on IP and disability law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eliza Piekarski<\/p><\/div>\n

Mitchell Hamline 2L student Eliza Piekarski is making contributions to legal scholarship through a forthcoming book chapter, which will appear in the second edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice, published by Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n

Near the end of her first year at Mitchell Hamline, Piekarski began working on the chapter with Emeritus Professor Jay Erstling, researching and writing simultaneously.<\/p>\n

\u201cProfessor Erstling was an amazing mentor. Even so, taking on the responsibility of writing a chapter worth publishing was stressful. I had a lot of doubts about whether I could write something worthwhile in an unfamiliar area of law,\u201d said Piekarski.<\/p>\n

The chapter, with Piekarski as first author, examines the Marrakesh Treaty, a 2013 international\u00a0copyright agreement that makes it easier to produce and share accessible copies of books, such as braille and audio editions, for people who are blind or have other print disabilities. The chapter argues that one provision, which lets countries require payment to rightsholders when accessible copies are made, conflicts with the treaty\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompleting this chapter taught me that the limits we impose on ourselves are largely arbitrary and that oftentimes success comes from being willing to embrace uncertainty,\u201d Piekarski said. \u201cIt means so much to have completed this project and to have become so familiar with a key area of international disability law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Piekarski wrote the chapter while working full time as a summer law clerk at O\u2019Meara Wagner and part time as a legal extern in the Minnesota Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The second edition of the handbook is expected in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitchell Hamline 2L student Eliza Piekarski is making contributions to legal scholarship through a forthcoming book chapter, which will appear in the second edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice, published by Cambridge University Press. Near the end of her first year at Mitchell Hamline, Piekarski began working on the chapter … <\/p>\n

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