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Time:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t9 hours\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tSkills you’ll build:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIP litigation, fact analysis, drafting client communications, litigation strategy, legal analysis\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t “Some practitioners focus on entertainment transactions (contractual matters), including licenses, grant of rights, and talent engagements,” explains Francelina Perdomo, a partner in the New York offices of Gallet Dreyer & Berkey whose practice focuses on intellectual property and entertainment law, and litigation. “Other attorneys focus on litigation matters involving breach of contract, royalty collections, copyright and trademark infringement, and unauthorized use of an artist’s name and likeness.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n One unique facet of entertainment law as a practice area is that it\u2019s defined by industry rather than legal practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “In most practice areas, an ’employment attorney’ works with management or labor in any industry with respect to employment issues,” explains Sekou Campbell, a partner in the Philadelphia offices of Culhane Meadows whose practice includes entertainment and media law, intellectual property, and startups. “An ‘entertainment attorney’ works on a variety of practices within entertainment.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Those practices include labor and employment law<\/a>, technology law<\/a>, corporate and finance, dispute resolution, and intellectual property law<\/a>. They may also include tax, trust and estates, family law<\/a>, and even criminal law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t Learn about hearsay, gathering evidence, cross-examining, and presenting closing arguments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tAvg. Time:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1-2 hours\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tSkills you’ll build:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCritical thinking, communication, attention to detail, evidence law, fact analysis, legal research\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t While entertainment law encompasses multiple areas of law, most matters arise from activities involving: <\/p>\n\n\n\n With so many types of entertainment law to choose from, the work can be quite varied. Perdomo notes that an entertainment lawyer can work as in-house counsel for entertainment-related companies and as law firms’ paralegals, associates, and partners. Law professionals with an arts background can even transition into roles as music publishing executives, licensing agents, and production counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Careers in this field of law tend to be diverse. Campbell explains that, unlike other practice areas where lawyers primarily work with one group, an entertainment lawyer represents both artists and<\/em> companies that hire artists in an array of fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Just as artists often become functionaries within a larger company, lawyers can go from representing artists to representing entertainment companies,” says Campbell. “In either role, though, lawyers advise clients on how to best protect their various interests.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entertainment lawyers are, in one sense, highly specialized, as they are focused on only a handful of industries. But they’re also generalists because they intersect with so many different legal practice areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Entertainment law is a ‘hub’ practice, where many different social and hard legal skills are necessary to be successful,” explains Campbell. “Most businesses, even B2B businesses, have some aspect of their operations that benefits from the entertainment industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t Explore the world of intellectual property litigation at Latham & Watkins in this free Forage job simulation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tAvg. Time:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t5 to 5.5 hours\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tSkills you’ll build:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPatent claims, patent drawings, prior art search, local patent rules\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Entertainment lawyers are in high demand for a number of reasons \u2014 including the sheer volume of entertainment industry information and data that needs protecting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “There has been an increasing demand for entertainment lawyers due to the tsunami of demand for content across all kinds of media entertainment communication and advertising companies,” says Daniel J. Coplan, an entertainment attorney with 36 years of experience in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another reason so many companies and creatives need an entertainment lawyer is emerging technologies and constant changes in how people access content, events, and live entertainment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Entertainment and sports lawyer\/business counsel Ivan Parron explains that as society becomes more virtual, the entertainment industry continues to evolve and grow. “With artificial intelligence<\/a> and Web3.0 emerging, new areas of entertainment law are developing in areas of the metaverse, NFTs, DeFi, and cryptocurrency as we are creating new and innovative ways to finance, consume, and experience entertainment.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, while an entertainment lawyer utilizes a collaborative<\/a> creative process, it’s important to remember that working on the legal side of entertainment is not entertainment. “The lawyer\u2019s role is to facilitate the creation of artwork, not create the work itself,” Campbell says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t Learn how the intellectual property litigation team at MoFo advises a client on trade secrets in this free job simulation.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\tAvg. 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