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FX Business & Legal Affairs JD Intern, Spring 2026
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10131622 Location Burbank, California, United States Business FX Networks Date posted Oct. 10, 2025Job Summary:
About the Role & Program
Are you ready to kick off your legal career in the entertainment industry? Join the FX Business & Legal Affairs team and gain hands-on experience drafting agreements for above-the-line talent (producers, writers, directors, actors, and casting directors), underlying rights, and marketing for groundbreaking scripted and unscripted streaming programming. As an intern, you'll support a dynamic team across development, production, legal, and marketing, and contribute to high-profile projects that shape the future of entertainment. This is a unique opportunity that exposes you to business affairs, production legal, and marketing legal, making it an ideal launchpad for your legal career in media and entertainment!
This is a part-time internship, and the approximate dates are from January 2026 through June 2026. If selected for this opportunity, you will report directly to the Senior Manager of Business Affairs.
What You Will Do
As an intern, you’ll be involved in a variety of exciting projects that will challenge and develop your skillset. Drafting projects will include producing, acting, writing and development agreements; marketing services agreements; option purchase agreements; and responding to talent redline comments. You will also have the opportunity to sit in on production legal kickoff calls, department meetings, and marketing task force meetings. Finally, you will assist with research projects and help synthesize deal terms negotiation updates, closed deals terms, and signed agreements between different departments.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Curiosity about entertainment law, the television business, and negotiation theory/strategy
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to multitask and meet deadlines under pressure
A detail-oriented approach, even when processing a large volume of documents. Shown ability to take initiative and balance multiple projects
Collaborative teammate who can also work independently
Demonstrate a high degree of discretion regarding sensitive and/or confidential information
Preferred Qualifications
Previous work experience in the entertainment industry, and basic knowledge of copyright law
Relevant coursework in copyright law and entertainment law
Familiarity with Airtable and/or Netdocs
Education
Currently enrolled at an accredited law school and legally eligible to work in the U.S.
Completion of one or more years of law school in a current JD program at the start of the internship
Eligibility Requirements & Program Information
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:
Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
Be at least 18 years of age
Possess unrestricted work authorization
Additional Information
Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
The approximate dates of this internship are January 2026 through June 2026
Able to work 20 - 24 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 9am - 6pm PST. Internship schedule will be adjusted to accommodate class schedule, and Friday hours may be remote, if desired.
Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program in the Burbank, California area
Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
The pay rate for this role in California is $41.40 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
About FX Networks:
FX, a division of Disney Entertainment Television, is a multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other international territories. The FX brand mark appears above the title across its entire slate of originals. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand’s current and legacy titles include the dramas American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Americans, Damages, Fargo, Justified, Nip/Tuck, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, Better Things, DAVE, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a growing slate of docuseries and documentary films.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with FX Networks, LLC PAY SVC, which is part of a business we call FX Networks.
FX Networks, LLC PAY SVC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.