Jon M. Garon is Professor of Law and inauguralDirector of the Goodwin Program for Society, Technology, and the Law at NovaSoutheastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, teaching ConstitutionalLaw, Contracts, Privacy Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law andadditional courses. He has published over 60 books, book chapters, and academicarticles, 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 andhis juris doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1988. Professor Garon served as dean for NSU'sShepard Broad College of Law from 2014 to 2020. Prior to joining NovaSoutheastern University in 2014, Professor Garon was the inaugural director ofthe Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Law +Informatics Institute, serving from 2011-2014. He served as dean and professorof law at Hamline University School of Law in St.

Paul, Minnesota from 2003 to2008 and interim dean of the Hamline Graduate School of Management from 2005 to2006. Before Hamline, Professor Garon taught Entertainment Law and Copyright atFranklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire and Western StateUniversity College of Law in Orange County, California. Professor Garon hasbeen named a Senior Scholar at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia LawSchool's Center for Intellectual Property X InnovationPolicy and an Affiliated Faculty Member at the University of New HampshireFranklin Pierce School of Law.Most of Professor Garon's published articles areavailable without charge at NSU Selected Works (https://works.bepress.com/jon_garon/)and the Social Science Research Network (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.

cfm?per_id=378821).Professor Garon's recent and forthcoming booksinclude Professional Competence in the Technological Age (Carolina AcademicPress 2025) (Forthcoming); The Law of Digital Content (Am. Bar. Ass'n 2025)(co-editor) (forthcoming); Metaverse: Using Online Platforms, Games, NFTs, andBlockchain in Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) (forthcoming); How AI,Crypto, NFTs, and Cyber will Upend the 21st Century: The Battle for theMetaverse (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024) (forthcoming); Parenting for the DigitalGeneration-The Parent's Guide to Digital Education and the Online Environment(Rowman & Littlefield, 2022); Law Professor's Desk Reference (CarolinaAcademic Press, 2021); A Short and Happy Guide to Privacy and Cybersecurity Law(West Academic, 2020); The Independent Filmmaker's Law & Business Guide toFinancing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films (A CappellaBooks, 3d Ed. 2021); Entertainment Law and Practice (Carolina Academic Press,3d Ed. 2020); The Entrepreneur's Intellectual Property & Business Handbook(Manegiere Publications, 2d. Ed. 2018); and The Pop Culture Business Handbookfor Cons and Festivals (Manegiere Publications, 2017).