EASL: The Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Society
The Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Society (“EASL”) was created to encourage and support students considering careers in the fields of entertainment, arts and sports law. The mission of the Society is to supplement the School of Law's entertainment, arts and sports law curriculum and to host a wide variety of curricular events targeted at students who are interested in practicing in these related areas. Each year, the Society hosts an assortment of events, panels, symposia and competitions. These activities focus on the areas of substantive law that form the working tools of the entertainment practitioner (business organizations, contracts, dispute resolution, intellectual property, labor and employment, negotiation and taxation), and on the practical, hands-on utilization of those disciplines in the representation of clients in the arts, communications, film, internet/news media, music, publishing, television and sports industries. In addition, the Society fosters professional networking to allow students the opportunity to interface with practicing entertainment, arts and sports lawyers who are part of the St. John's alumni community.