This course is designed for those aiming to bring legal expertise to leadership positions in the media sector, encompassing film, TV, music, and online content. Its distinctiveness lies in the blend of strategic management and comprehensive legal education tailored to media professionals. This course meets the academic requirements for admission to practise as a lawyer in NSW.
You will acquire skills in strategic planning, business development, and promotion, alongside a robust legal foundation relevant to media enterprises. The course offers the flexibility to specialise in areas like media law or emerging legal technologies, enhancing your professional versatility.
Teaching methods are dynamic, combining interactive classes, workshops, and internships to cultivate professional skills and knowledge. Upon completion, you will be equipped for roles such as business development manager, policy advisor or media industry lawyer.
In this course students develop the necessary management skills to lead contemporary media businesses that can range from film and TV production to music or games companies to advertising agencies. Students learn about strategic planning, business development and promotion for creative industries; they also explore in-depth the legal theory and practice that meets the academic requirements for admission to practise law in NSW.
Using their elective choices, students can build specialist expertise in areas such as media, entertainment and contract law. They can also choose to study the Legal Futures and Technology major as a way of gaining first-hand experience of the technologies shaping the future of legal work.
