Contract Negotiations and Drafting

Students learn how to negotiate and draft legal agreements based on the varying needs, responsibilities, moral perspectives and ethical obligations arising in common media business situations. Students through research and negotiation, find solutions and draft appropriate legal documents by grasping each problem's business reality and objectives, identifying pertinent legal doctrines, deciding on necessary steps to present and solve representative issues. Groups of students will be assigned to represent opposing interests and negotiate agreements after exchanging initial drafts, for example, one group representing the rights of an artists an in-house counsel group representing a record or publishing company. Students will then have the opportunity to draft real agreements based on the particular media venture they have undertaken.