Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Field Program. 2-3 credits

Catalog description

This course allows students to develop a substantive legal knowledge in copyright and related areas of law as well as practical skills in research, writing, and advocacy by counseling clients and preparing legal and policy documents. Students’ work product will be submitted on behalf of non-profit organizations, individual artists and creators, and small businesses in multiple institutional settings in which copyright law and policy are developed. Students may also have the opportunity to participate in specialized artist counseling sessions organized by entities such as the Authors Guild and Slamdance Independent Film Festival and to complete special projects at the invitation of the U.S. Copyright Office. The course provides coaching instruction only. This course comes with out-of-class credits. Please check the chart available on the Career and Academic Services Intranet for specific course details. Enrollment with permission of instructor only.Offered by Law. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.