Southwestern Law School was founded in 1911 on two fundamental principles: First, law schools must embrace innovation. Second, quality legal education should be available to qualified individuals regardless of socio-economic background or life circumstances. Today, Southwestern is a top school for Entertainment, Sports, and Media Law and Diversity.
Golden Globe Foundation donated funds to help Southwestern continue its pioneering Entertainment & the Arts Legal Clinic which provides free legal services to independent filmmakers, series creators, writers, actors, producers, artists, and musicians – including Golden Globe Foundation Grantees.
Students at the clinic learn to help clients with clearance reports, fair use analysis/opinion letters, chain-of-title review, drafting or reviewing option purchase and shopping agreements, music licenses, personal services agreements (for producers, directors, actors, and crew), location agreements, appearance and materials releases, and other development and production-related documents. The Clinic also reviews or drafts sales, licensing, and distribution agreements. The Entertainment & the Arts Legal Clinic helps train diverse law students while serving emerging content creators. Thanks to the support of the Golden Globe Foundation, attorney professors and Clinic Fellows help train and supervise students and review work product.
