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The New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts and
Sports Law Section welcomes Section members and visitors. EASL Section's
more than 1,600 members represent varied interests, including some of
the sexiest issues grabbing headlines being debated in Congress and
being heard by the courts. The EASL Section provides substantive case
law, forums for discussion and debate and information-sharing in the
EASL e-community. Section members receive the Entertainment, Arts and
Sports Law Journal and may access back issues on our Web site.
Entertainment Litigation (New)
This book is a thorough exposition of the basics that manages to
address in a simple, accessible way the pitaflls and complexities of the
entertainment and intellectual property fields. Written by experienced
attorneys, Entertainment Litigation is the manual for anyone practicing
in this fast-paced, ever-changing area of law.
Click
here to order a copy of this book.
Upcoming Programs
We encourage you to check out the EASL events page of
our website, as a wide variety of programs covering legal topics in the
entertainment field are sponsored by Committees of the Entertainment,
Arts & Law Section on a monthly basis, and many times CLE credit is
offered. To see if a program is scheduled, please click here.
EASL Recorded Programs
Please click on the following link for information on
how to obtain a copy of an Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section
program that was recorded and is now available for
purchase: http://www.nysba.org/RecordedPrograms
Creation of the Pro Bono Committee
In addition to all of the varied and interesting
submissions that are published in this issue of the Journal, we are
pleased to highlight the creation of the EASL Section's newest committee
on Pro Bono. It is the goal of this Committee to engage EASL members in
opportunities that will enrich the entertainment, arts and sports law
communities. For more information on this new endeavor, please visit the
Pro Bono Committee section of our website.
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal
The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal
(EASL Journal) is a comprehensive newsletter with a wide range of
topics. Authors can now obtain CLE credit from having an article
published in the EASL Journal. Articles and letters may be submitted
with biographical information via e-mail to the Editor, Elissa D. Hecker
at eheckeresq@yahoo.com. To obtain
additional information regarding the EASL Journal, please click on "The
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal " tab within the
sidebar menu located near the top of the lefthand side
of your screen.
Law Student Initiatives
Law school students who have interests in entertainment,
arts and/or sports law and who are members of the EASL Section are
invited to submit articles. This initiative is unique, as it grants
students the opportunity to be published and gain exposure in these
highly competitive areas of practice. The Journal is among the
profession's foremost law journals. Both it and the Web site have wide
national distribution.
To foster interest in entertainment, arts and sports law as a career
path, the EASL Section invites law students who are Section members to
participate in its Law Student Initiative:
Requirements:
Eligibility: Open to all full-time and part-time J.D.
candidates who are EASL Section members.
Form: Include complete contact information: name, mailing address, law
school, law school club/organization (if applicable), phone number and
e-mail address. There is no length requirement, but any notes must be in
Bluebook endnote form.
Submissions: Articles must be submitted via a Word e-mail attachment
to eheckeresq@yahoo.com or accompanied by a hard
copy and on a diskette in Word to:
Elissa D. Hecker, Esq.
Law Office of Elissa D. Hecker
90 Quail Close
Irvington, NY 10533
Topic:
Each student may write on the subject matter of his/her choice,
so long as it is unique to the entertainment, arts and sport law
fields.
Judging:
Submissions will be judged on the basis of quality of writing,
originality and thoroughness.
Winning submissions will be published in the EASL Journal. All winners
will receive complimentary memberships to the EASL Section for the
following year. In addition, a news article featuring the competition
and the winning entrants will be published in the Journal and on our Web
site, and all winners will be announced at the EASL Section Annual
Meeting.
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