LL.M. in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law

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Southwestern offers the most comprehensive post-J.D. program of study leading to the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law in the country. Under the auspices of the law school’s Donald E. Biederman Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Institute, Southwestern prepares current attorneys and new law graduates for practice in creative industries such as film, television, music, theater, advertising, sports and the news media. This LL.M. Program features:

  • five full-time professors with extensive industry experience and a roster of adjunct faculty that reads like a “Who’s Who” of the entertainment, media, and sports law bar,
  • a rich and varied curriculum including over 45 courses, ranging from foundational subjects to a vast array of more specialized topics,
  • a comprehensive externship program featuring placements in over 50 settings such as studios, guilds, agencies, law firms, production companies, sports teams, etc.,
  • the Entertainment & the Arts Legal Clinic, where students provide business and legal services to independent filmmakers and other creatives,
  • an international entertainment, media, and sports law summer program in London, England,
  • the Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law.

 

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