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The Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

OUR MISSION is to educate lawyers in the legal principles and transactional aspects of entertainment and sports law; to provide a platform for the discussion of issues affecting these fields, and to foster excellence in the practice of law in these fields. The forum is governed by a seven-member governing committee. Because of the diverse subjects covered by the forum, the governing committee created the following divisions: Interactive Media and New Technologies; Literary Publishing; Litigation; Merchandising and Licensing; Motion Pictures, Television, Cable, and Radio; Music and Personal Appearances; Sports; Theater and Performing Arts; and Visual Arts.

Dear Colleagues:

The Forum serves the needs and interests of lawyers whose clients are in the entertainment, sports and arts industries ?as well as lawyers and law students who plan to represent clients in these industries someday. The Forum does this in several ways. First and foremost, it produces several educational programs a year on the legal and business aspects of entertainment, sports and the arts. Indeed, the Forum’s big annual meeting is primarily an educational program. The Forum also stages smaller conferences throughout the year, not just in the major markets where entertainment lawyers are clustered, but in other cities too, all around the country. And the Forum publishes, and automatically sends to its members, The Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, a quarterly periodical that is the most readable, interesting, and visually attractive of any legal publication in its field (or others).

To be certain the interests of all of its members are well-served, the Forum has ten divisions, each headed by its own Chair: Motion Pictures, Television, Cable, & Radio; Music & Personal Appearances; Sports; Theater & Performing Arts; Literary Publishing; Litigation; Visual Arts; Merchandising & Licensing; and Interactive Media & New Technologies. The Forum is the largest national organization in the entertainment and sports law area. Its size and national scope accounts for one of the most valuable and enjoyable of the benefits of membership: the opportunity to meet and network with others, from all around the country, who share an interest in our exciting and vibrant field.

If you’re already a Forum member, wonderful! If you aren’t yet, join now. Your modest dues will be money well spent. The time you spend on Forum activities will be amply rewarded.

Lon Sobel, Chair, Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 2007-2009.


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GRAMMY FOUNDATION presents

The 11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative
Writing Competition

Co-Sponsored by the
ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

The ELI Essay Competition invites law students focusing on the entertainment practice to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI luncheon on February 6, 2009.

Awards:
First Place Winner Recieves $5000
Four Simifinalists Recieve $1,500

All Winners recieve:
One GRAMMY Awards Show Ticket
Round Trip Airfare to the GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles
Hotel Accomodations
Ticket to The MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Dinner

Submissions must be postmarked by Jan 5th, 2009
Winners will be announced on January 30, 2009

For complete contest rules, send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com

The GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) was conceived as a means to recognize and further develop the bond between the legal profession and the recording community with the goal of resolving issues confronting the music industry. One of the premier educational initiatives of ELI is the national legal writing contest and scholarship program, which is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. Law students from across the country are invited to research, analyze and submit essays regarding important issues facing the industry.

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