A+E Networks: Legal & Business Affairs Intern
Position Title: Legal and Business Affairs Intern
Position Description: The Role: Legal & Business Affairs Intern
Division Story: Our global Legal and Business Affairs department believes in the promise and power of teamwork. When we work together as a cohesive unit – supporting, involving, appreciating and respecting each other – we can elevate our company, our clients, and ourselves. At A+E Networks, we have built and developed a culture based on the principles of effective communication, collaboration, accountability and trust. These guiding principles serve as our north star as we partner and strategize with other departments across the Company to help A+E Networks achieve its goals and stay at the forefront of a highly competitive, rapidly changing industry. If you share these values and want to learn more about who we are and what we do, consider joining our team.
Responsibilities: You will have an opportunity to assist in researching, analyzing, negotiating and drafting various types of agreements related to the development and production of original programming, including rights deals, writer, producer, director and actor agreements, as well as various distribution agreements. You will have the opportunity to work on above-the-line labor issues and help resolve guild claims. By interacting with various internal clients that Legal & Business Affairs supports, as well as the full Legal & Business Affairs team, you will learn business relationship management and risk assessment from various lenses, including but not limited to, development, production, distribution, and litigation.
Day to day activities include:
• Drafting basic contracts (under attorney supervision) involving the development and production of television pilots, series and MOWs.
• Reviewing and summarizing key deal points.
• Performing chain of title research.
• Reviewing and summarizing marketing and publicity requirements in talent contracts.
Basic Requirements:
• Rising graduate student currently enrolled at an accredited law school and legally eligible to work in the U.S. may apply.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and social media are strongly preferred
• Excellent research and analytical writing skills
• Strong communication and organization skills
The Ideal Candidate will have passion and curiosity for entertainment and television business on a global scale with a positive and proactive mind-set. A+E Networks is committed to building an inclusive and high-impact culture that inspires creativity, collaboration, coordination, accountability and trust. In your cover letter please explain what inclusivity means to you.
Additional Program Information:
A+E Networks’ Summer Internship Program 2022 will run from June 13th-August 5th. We expect all interns to be available for the duration of the program. We will consider candidates from across the contiguous US.
Please note, we are planning for Summer 2022 to be a fully remote experience. Our program team will continue to monitor state and local safety guidelines and recommendations.
Should there be an opportunity for interns to come on site, full vaccination for COVID-19 is required for physical presence in A+E Networks workplaces. While A+E Networks will consider reasonable accommodation requests regarding this policy in accordance with applicable law, such requests will not be considered until a conditional offer of employment is extended to a candidate. Applicants should not submit any medical or health information in connection with their application for employment or otherwise prior to receiving a conditional offer.
At this time, A+E Networks will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Deadline: 3/23/2022
Eligibility: 1L, 2L
Location: Remote/Virtual