The ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries is the premier association for lawyers involved in legal principles and transactional aspects of entertainment and sports law.

Lawyers representing countless areas of this field from across the country turn to the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries to access the latest expert information on issues that relate to their practice and share ideas and best practices with colleagues. With so many of your peers in one place, you're never alone.

The ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries encompasses many practice areas, including:

• International licensing: what you need to know to go global, from the new EU copyright legislation to key provisions for drafting, maximizing and recovering revenues overseas, etc.
• Negotiating in an impaired economy - film and television: problems, solutions, strategies and cautions to empower attorneys to maximize their clients' positions.
• Tax traps: what entertainment and sports lawyers need to know about Section 409A.
• Bankruptcy: key aspects of the bankruptcy code that entertainment and sports lawyers need to know.
• Transitions in the music industry: legal and business imperatives concerning the two most important current transitions confronting the music industry today -- licensing of P2P file sharing and delivery of music video assets to YouTube, AOL, MTV, and Yahoo.
• Essentials of negotiating sport sponsorship, media and new media transactions.
• Risk management in sports: business interruption, event cancellation, terrorism and the SAFETY Act.
• Transitions in touring and personal appearances - impact of 360 degree deals on concert tours.

• The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer is an award-winning quarterly newsletter offering articles by experienced practitioners and legal scholars. This newsletter provides current events information in the areas of music, athletics, and television, amongst others.
• The Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law is a scholarly journal containing substantive articles about issues such as the developing law of commercial speech, libel tourism statutes, defamation in the Internet age, and court arbitration for sport.
• Divisions focus on specific areas of entertainment and sports law, such as television, literary publishing, and licensing. They provide opportunities for professional interaction and help members educate themselves and others about entertainment and sports law. Active participation in divisions is not required to receive information, but you’ll have the opportunity to write articles, speak on a panel, or otherwise showcase your expertise.
• Networking with other individuals practicing in the entertainment and sports industry is a vital benefit to all members of the Forum.  Through your contacts with the top practitioners in the field, you will be able to apply their expertise to your own practice.
• Discounts on CLE, publications, and meeting registrations are important member-benefits that provide members with opportunities to read, see, and hear some of the best-known practitioners in entertainment and sports law. Stay up-to-date on the legal issues important to you. 

Tap into the knowledge of your colleagues in legal principles and transactional aspects of entertainment and sports law. Join the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries today.

ABA lawyer and associate members can join for $50, while ABA law student and student associate members can join for $20. To join over the telephone or speak with a representative, please call 1-800-285-2221.

You must be an ABA and a Section or Division member (YLD membership counts) to join the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. Not an ABA and Section or Division member? Join here!