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:
- Business Associations (4 units)
- Contracts (5 units)
- Copyright Law (3 units)
- 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:
- Art and the Law Seminar (2 units)
- Business Immigration Law (4 units)
- California Privacy and Data Security Law (2)
- First Amendment Survey (3 units)
- International Entertainment Law (2 units)
- Motion Picture Production & Finance Seminar (3 units)
- Music Law (2 units)
- Reality TV & New Media Production and Distribution (2 units)
- Representing Talent In Television (2 units)
- Sports Law (2 units)
- Tax Strategies for the Digital Age (2 units)
- Television Programming & Finance Seminar ( 2 units)
- Trade Secret Law (2 units)
- Torts II (3 units)