Breaking into music law? Here’s expert advice
A panel of distinguished experts in music law shared their experiences and offered counsel at Southwestern Law School this week to students who aim to practice in this specialty. Charles J. Biederman, author of the “Law and Business of Entertainment” (shown at right) and board member of the Biederman Entertainment Law Institute, led the discussion with a series of questions and answers with Gary Fine, a music industry contracts professor, and David Helfant, CEO and president of Arpeggio Entertainment LLC. Here’s a summary of some of their key, helpful points: Put yourself out there. With the intense competition in music law, the best thing aspirants can do is just “get in.” Take a job — any job — that lets you meet and work with industry professionals; build relationships and network. Each introduction and each successfully executed task and encounter gets you closer to the top, advised the panelists, including Helfant (shown at right). No practitioner, and especially student-novices, can adopt the notion, especially in the present rotten economy, that “I’m too good for this job.” Be Strategic. Cast a wide net, don’t just limit yourself to a specific area. Other areas of entertainment law, such as film, can intersect with music law. Student Memberships. The recording academy and bar associations — notably, the panelists said, the Beverly Hills Bar Association — provide a great way to meet other...
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