Drawing on the resources and activities of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute, Southwestern established the first Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Entertainment and Media Law at an American law school. This exciting program will prepare the next generation of effective and talented entertainment, media and intellectual property lawyers.
Southwestern has had a long and intensive involvement with the entertainment and media industries in the Los Angeles area. Located at the center of "The Entertainment Capital of the World" and the "Digital Coast," the law school has an outstanding entertainment- and media-oriented faculty. Southwestern graduates occupy important positions within a broad range of entertainment and media companies and with law firms specializing in the representation of entertainment clients. Recognizing the growing interest in this area around the country, Southwestern launched the Biederman Institute to provide a broad-based entertainment curriculum for law students as well as information and assistance to practitioners.
Curriculum
Southwestern offers an extremely broad range of over 40 entertainment and media law courses. A student has the ability to select a general group of courses or to pursue a more focused curriculum by following an "entertainment track" or a "media track."
