Part-Time Faculty - Advanced Legal Topics: Pitch to Premiere (JDi Residency)(Law994, M603) S'27
Location: Syracuse, NY Pay Range: $1,840 per credit hour Pay Determination: Salary offers at Syracuse University will be based on education, experience, and relevant skills, as well as the academic or professional discipline of the position in the context of the home department, school, or college. Salary offers may also be influenced by prior relevant work or industry experience, where applicable. Faculty pay ranges are for 8.5 months' salary unless otherwise specified. FLSA Status: Exempt…
Hours: As determined by Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs. Office hours required. Job Type: Part Time Rank: PTI/Adjunct Campus: Syracuse, NY Unionized Position Code: Not Applicable
Job Description:
The College of Law is seeking a part-time instructor to teach a 2 credit course Pitch to Premiere in its residential (JDi Residency) program. The course (Law994, M603) meets in an intensive form at March 8-11, 2027. The course focuses on what in-house entertainment lawyers and business affairs executives actually do. Students follow the life cycle of a television project from the initial pitch through premiere while examining the legal and business decisions that shape each stage of the process. Students learn the customary terms negotiated in entertainment deals and how projects are acquired, packaged, taken to market, developed, financed, produced, and delivered to exhibitors. Examples are drawn from actual scripted and unscripted projects in the entertainment and sports industries. The course also reviews the distinct roles of Business Affairs, Legal Affairs, and Production Legal, and how they collaborate with creative, production, and finance executives and negotiate with agents, managers, and talent lawyers.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have an excellent academic record and should hold a JD degree from an accredited law school.
- Preferred post-JD experience and credentials should include significant legal practice in diverse areas of law including entertainment and sports law.
- A demonstrated commitment to excellent classroom teaching is required.
- Prior law school teaching is preferred.
- Candidates must have the ability to work effectively with students, colleagues, and community members from different backgrounds.
- Post-JD experience and credentials should include substantial in-house or firm-side practice in entertainment, media, or sports law, including negotiating development, production, talent, and distribution agreements.
Responsibilities:
- Order the appropriate books and materials in advance of the class start date.
- Prepare lectures, projects and other student assignments.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours.
- Present instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course.
- Meet all designated class periods.
- Submit completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to the College of Law and University regulations.
- Grade student assignments and exams in a timely manner.
- Provide departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations
Physical Requirements: Not Applicable
Tools/Equipment: Not Applicable
Application Instructions:
In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume/curriculum vitae, cover letter, reference list and a writing sample.
About Syracuse University:
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University's 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About the Syracuse area:
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
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