Business & Legal Affairs Intern

Job Description

FX Business & Legal Affairs JD Intern, Fall 2026 | The Walt Disney Company

The Tone:
This is a part-time internship at The Walt Disney Company, located in Burbank, CA, with potential for remote Friday hours. The Walt Disney Company is a global entertainment leader renowned for creating groundbreaking scripted and unscripted streaming programming that reaches audiences worldwide. This role offers a unique opportunity to kickstart a legal career in the entertainment industry, providing hands-on experience and contributing to high-profile projects that define the future of media and entertainment content. It serves as an ideal launchpad for a legal career in this specialized field.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Part-time
• Location: In-person, Burbank, CA
• Pay: $41.40 hourly
• Team: FX Business & Legal Affairs team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Business Affairs.
• Mission: Support the legal and business affairs functions across development, production, and marketing for original streaming programming.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

What You’ll Actually Do
• Draft various agreements, including those for producing, acting, writing, development, marketing services, and option purchases.
• Respond to redline comments from talent on agreement drafts, ensuring accuracy and adherence to deal terms.
• Participate in critical meetings, such as production legal kickoff calls, department meetings, and marketing task force meetings.
• Assist with comprehensive research projects to support ongoing legal and business affairs initiatives.
• Synthesize deal terms negotiation updates, summarize closed deal terms, and help manage signed agreements across different departments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled at an accredited law school, with completion of one year of a JD program by the internship start date. Possess basic knowledge of copyright law and intellectual property, and be legally eligible to work in the U.S. and at least 18 years of age.
• Experience: Previous work experience within the entertainment industry.
• Skills: Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure; a detail-oriented approach combined with the ability to take initiative and balance multiple projects; collaborative yet capable of working independently while demonstrating a high degree of discretion regarding sensitive information; proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Bonus: Familiarity with Airtable and/or Netdocs.