Music Business & Legal Affairs Intern Summer 2025

Sony Pictures Entertainment • Culver City, CA

326d • $25

About The Position

Our Emerging Talent Programs, which includes Interns, Trainees, and Finance Rotational Associates, offer unique opportunities for students, recent graduates, and emerging talent to work alongside the teams that come together to create movies, TV shows, and other great experiences. These seasonal, paid assignments provide meaningful and productive work that allows you to build on your experience and develop your skills further. You will be provided with challenging tasks, real-world experience, and many educational and social networking opportunities. This Spring Internship is from January through May 30th (start and end dates are flexible based on school schedules) and all candidates must be able to work part-time hours (10-29 a week). Our offices are open Monday through Friday, 9-6 pm. This position is ideal for a student enrolled in an accredited college or university.

Requirements

• Applicants should have taken copyright or an entertainment law course.
• Basic knowledge of music copyright principles.
• General Word, database and Excel skills.
• Maintain a 3.0 or better grade point average at an ABA-accredited law school.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of two years of law school.

Responsibilities

• Review of music agreements, music licenses, music status reports, music cue sheets, correspondence, credits, acquisition agreements and distribution agreements.
• Identification and legal analysis of music issues in agreements and licenses.
• Assisting in negotiations for the acquisition of music rights.
• Research and analysis of current legal and business trends affecting music rights and exploitation in the film and television industries.
• Music rights research.
• Review and entry of referential data, general contract and license information and legal analyses into the Music Affairs Group's MAGIC database.
• Make presentations of the results of research as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
• Education Level: No Education Listed