Syracuse University

Part-Time Faculty - Advanced Legal Topics: Pitch to Premiere (JDi Residency)(Law994, M603) S'27

Location
Syracuse, NY
Pay
$1,840 per course
Type
Part-time · In-Person
Posted
September 15, 2026

About this position

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 a

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