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Summer Intern - Legal

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AMC Networks

Feb 1, 2024

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Part-time
    Starts on Jun 02
    Summer Internship
  • Legal
  • San Francisco, +1

Requirements

  • Currently be enrolled in a J.D. program
  • Consideration for the position will be limited to candidates who are (or will be) first or second-year law students
  • Have proven proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams)
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Have strong, proven potential leadership skills
  • Have excellent attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • You will manage your assigned project and effectively complete the assignment within your 10 weeks and present your progress and results at the end of the internship  
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive value and complete your project  
  • Create a project plan where you will outline your timelines, goals, and areas of focus  
  • Project areas may include:  
  • Assess and Witness negotiations, read and summarize agreements, help in creating rights charts
  • Participate in legal due diligence or discovery, and, where appropriate, gain hands-on drafting experience with respect to reviewing, summarizing, organizing, unscripted and digital programming and production agreements, and marketing, consumer products, digital, license, and some talent agreements with supervision and instruction.
  • Additional responsibilities will include researching intellectual property and new media issues, examining piracy issues, and reviewing and commenting upon footage and music licenses.
  • Reviewing and drafting simple agreements; sitting on calls; attending meetings; drafting legal research memos and creating charts for various rights/agreements.
  • Work with the entire legal team from litigation/employment/privacy to the transactional lawyers on content, advertising, and marketing deals.
  • Draft short form agreements (certificates of authorship, engagement, etc.)

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Industry
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Employees
1980
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

AMC Networks is the ultimate destination for mold breaking, genre defying, and premier storytelling. Operating in over 125 countries worldwide, we’re the global leader in targeted subscription streaming and home to iconic and fan-favorite brands across television, independent film, production, distribution, gaming, and publishing. Our brands include targeted streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, and the anime-focused HIDIVE streaming service, in addition to AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv and IFC Films. We also operate AMC Studios, our in-house studio, production and distribution operation, AMC Networks International, our international programming business, and 25/7 Media, our production services business. We’re behind some of the most celebrated and acclaimed original content in television and film history, from pantheon-level TV series Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul to Academy Award-winning independent dramas like Boyhood, to the biggest drama series on cable for over ten years, The Walking Dead, and so much more. We have a long history of building loyal and engaged fan communities, creating new formats, delivering new experiences, generating buzz, and we work hard every day to bring new and innovative stories and ideas to life.