Los Angeles Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law & Business Semester

The Los Angeles Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law & Business Semester is offered to JD students interested in building their professional acumen and networks while taking specialized courses in entertainment, media, sports and law.

Students selected for the program will spend the spring semester in Los Angeles learning from Northwestern residential and adjunct faculty (industry professionals including leading Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni). The program offers legal externships in entertainment and sports companies.

Courses + Externship

The Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Semester is an accredited curricular experience. Courses are held in Century City law firm offices and focus on various law and business aspects of the entertainment and sports industries. Recent courses offered include:

Media and Entertainment Law
Sports Law & Business
Emerging Entertainment: Law & Practice
Music Law & Business
Name, Image & Likeness (NIL)
Entertainment Labor Law & Policy
Entertainment Law & Entrepreneurship
Video Game Law

Extership in Entertainment, Media, or Sports Company Legal Department

Recent Externship Companies

AMC Entertainment
Sony Animation
A+E Networks
Riot Games
Sony Pictures
Campfire Studios

Universal Music Publishing
Sony PlayStation
Wasserman Media
Olive Hill Media
Stampede Ventures
IMAX

Eligibility

All rising second and rising third-year JD students are eligible to apply. Among other factors, students are selected based on: their stated interest in experiencing entertainment, media, or sports law environments; their past coursework or experiences in the entertainment, media or sports industries; an appropriate externship match with an entertainment, media, or sports company; and maintaining a balance between second and third-year students.

Note: There is a 16-unit cap on course credits for the program semester and students must reserve 1500 bid points for the program. The curriculum will be exclusively comprised of the courses designed for the program and students may not enroll in classes offered on the Chicago campus during the spring semester program. Participation in this program does not excuse any other graduation requirement.

Conferences

Generative AI + Entertainment Conference Agenda

Entertainment Externships

"When I came to law school, I didn’t expect to get such in-depth experience with such an amazing entrepreneurial entertainment company like Legion M! The practical experience gained through this externship and the connections that I have made here have been invaluable. This opportunity has opened my eyes to exciting new possibilities and avenues for my career, and I am so glad that I was able to experience this during my law school career."

Aparajita P.
Legion M '23

"Working in the Riot Games legal department was the best academic experience I had at Northwestern Pritzker Law. As a legal extern, I was part of the team working on copyright infringement cases, drafting contracts, and other various intellectual property and transactional matters. I was given the great opportunity to meet and learn from so many talented lawyers who are passionate about the video game industry. It was a semester of practical, hands-on learning which was the perfect way to end my law school educational experience."

Nathan A.
Riot Games '23