"UCLA Music Industry 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer Music & The Law"

UCLA Music Industry 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer Music & The Law
University of California Los Angeles

Requisition Number: JPF10657

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Music Industry for the Winter quarter of the 2025-26 academic year. The position will staff a course in Music and the Law, designed as an introduction to fundamental American law as it applies to legal frameworks that govern the creation, distribution, and monetization of music in today's global music industry for third- and fourth-year Music Industry majors. Salary will be commensurate with applicant's qualifications and experience.

Applicants should understand law in the entertainment industry, with special attention to music and its use in film, television, and new media. They should have the ability to communicate legal aspects of key areas such as AI music, copyright law, intellectual property, contracts, publishing, performance rights, and digital licensing. The role also involves unpacking real-world legal issues around sampling, synchronization, distribution agreements, artist-label contracts, disputes, and international law as it relates to music streaming and touring.

Responsibilities will include individual student teaching supervision and assigned undergraduate courses in the School of Music. Applicants with a JD and legal professional background in entertainment; or with a relevant professional certification; or with relevant professional experience in the music industry will be preferred.

Applications must include: 1) a cover letter stating interest in the position and summarizing relevant experience, 2) a comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of teaching philosophy, 4) a response to the University's Mission Statement, 5) a reference check authorization release and 6) names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required.

Applications will be reviewed by the search committee as they are submitted with a deadline of November 30, 2025, for Winter quarter employment, and February 28, 2026, for Spring quarter employment. The anticipated appointment dates are January 1, 2026, for Winter quarter, and April 1, 2026, for Spring quarter.

This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/bargaining-units/non-senate-instructional/contract/. Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.

To apply, please visit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10657