Core Requirements
The requirements for the Entertainment & New Media Law Specialization were developed by an advisory group of practitioners and academics, both alumni and friends of Loyola with the intent of preparing graduates to be exposed to the legal doctrines and skills necessary to be effective professionals.
The MLS degree requires 24 total units of credit. The Entertainment & New Media Law Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of 15 units of coursework in addition to the first-year Law & Process or Legal Methods course. These units consist of 15 units of required courses and 4 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Entertainment Law (3 units)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the Entertainment & New Media Law Specialization are encouraged to take the following additional courses to the extent their schedule permits:
- Advertising Law (2 units)
- AI in Entertainment & Media (2 units)
- Art and the Law Seminar (2 units)
- Business & Legal Affairs for Alternative/Reality TV Programming and Distribution (2 units)
- Business and Legal Affairs for Scripted TV Programming and Distribution (2 units)
- Business Immigration Law (4 units)
- California Privacy and Data Security Law (2 units)
- Contract Drafting (2 units)
- Contracts (5 units)
- Copyright Law (3 units)
- First Amendment: Freedom of Expression (2 units)
- International Entertainment Law (2 units)
- International Sports Law (3 units)
- IP Honors Seminar (2 units)
- Law and Practice with the Hollywood Guilds (2 units)
- Licensing and Technology Transfer (3 units)
- Litigating a Copyright Case Seminar (2 units)
- Mediation (3 units)
- Motion Picture Contract Drafting (2 units)
- Music Law (2 units)
- Sports Law I: Survey of Legal Issues (2 units)
- Sports Law II: Practical Application of Sports Law in Business (2 units)
- Trademark Law (3 units)
- Trade Secret Law (2 units)