Development Intern, Business & Legal Affairs

Qualifications: LA-based. Internships are available to students who will be enrolled in a JD/LLM program in Spring 2027.You must be available to intern part-time 15 to 20 hours per week. Internship will be in person in the Koreatown office Prefer in-house entertainment business/legal affairs or entertainment law firm experience, with a desire to work in film & television production, but not required. Ability to work collaboratively on cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities: Learning business practices and identifying legal issues relevant to entertainment law, including IP ownership, entertainment litigation, union/guild requirements, and employment concerns; Researching and analyzing IP issues connected with ownership of rights and chain of title, including copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, privacy, and AI issues; Assisting and supporting film production legal in preparing and submitting legal deliverables to distributors, such as credit statement obligations, paid ads requirements, publicity service obligations, and so forth; Analyzing, negotiating, structuring and drafting day-to-day production legal paperwork, including certificates of engagement, waivers and releases, contract deal summaries, and talent agreements; Supporting a wide variety of entertainment-related legal matters in connection with the development, production, and distribution of the company's film slate.