On the agenda...

If you know anything about me, you are fully aware that my personal schedule is teeming with extra curricular activities! I am the type of person that NEEDS to be busy 24/7 just to feel like I'm making the most of my precious time on this planet :)

Also, since I am not currently intellectually or fundamentally fulfilled by my current job, (but hey it pays the bills) I have found ways to inject myself into the industries in which I am most happy- entertainment and intellectual property. This is a good way to keep abreast of the laws, show my face in the right places, and have loads of fun (I know, Im a big dork). Anyway, Im super pumped about two programs I'm attending next week, and I thought I would share them. The titles of the programs, alone, make me giddy with excitement. Oh, to some day get PAID for doing the things that I love.....

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and The Copyright Society of the USA Record Agreements Panel

Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 Time: 5:45 p.m. to 6:25 p.m.: Cocktails 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion and Questions (due to a hard deadline, the program will start and end promptly) Place: Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1 East 53rd Street, New York, New York.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and The Young Lawyers Division of the Copyright Society of the USA are excited to invite you to a free, jointly-sponsored evening of cocktails, merriment, and Record Business tips -- just in time for the upcoming holidays and the New Year. Whether a young lawyer or young-at-heart lawyer, join us for an open bar, sponsored by the law firms of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; and Morrison & Foerster, and another outstanding program geared for beginning or young lawyers looking to learn some basics, ask questions, hear from some experts, meet and network. Enjoy an evening of fun, frolic and fulfillment (well, maybe 2 out of 3 . . .).

Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section
The Realities of Negotiating a Music Publishing Deal
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
- Location -Proskauer Rose, LLP1585 Broadway (Between 47th & 48th)Entrance on 47thNew York City, NY(518) 487-5531
Presented By:The Young Entertainment Lawyers Committeeof theEntertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section

Please join entertainment industry experts Ross Charap (Moses & Singer) and Nick Gordon (Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo) at the mock negotiation table where they will discuss common traps, pitfalls and key issues generally encountered in music publishing deals