• Job Description

  Req#: 483510
  Position:

  Full-time, 10 weeks (May 2024 – July 2024)

  
  

  Department:

  Office of the General Counsel

  Program Overview:

  Three legal interns will assist the legal department of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) for the Summer 2024 program. Interns will work on a wide range of legal matters relating to Lincoln Center's programming, educational, media, fundraising, information technology and operational activities. Legal issues likely to arise include contracts, copyright and trademark law, labor and employment law, media law, governance, real estate, tax, litigation, data privacy, and other matters. In addition, the interns will help coordinate the work of summer associates from outside law firms working on pro bono assignments for LCPA. At the intern’s request, assignments may focus on areas that they regard as topics of interest or opportunities for growth.

  
  

  Program Goals:

  • To provide law students with in-house legal experience at a leading arts and cultural institution, promoting the development of the skillset required for nonprofit, in-house, and/or arts and cultural law practices and leadership.
  • To expose law students to a diverse range of legal topics by assisting in the development, oversight, and implementation of original projects designed for LCPA in collaboration with outside law firms and the students’ specific areas of expertise or interest.
  • To provide law students the opportunity to engage in meaningful legal work and build relationships with LCPA’s Legal Department, outside law firms, and internal clients.

  Application Procedures:

  • Deadline: 1/29/2024
  • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interviews will begin in February 2024.
  • Please include cover letter and resume with your application.
  • 1L applicants preferred.

  Pay Rate:

  We estimate that interns will be paid $5,500-$8,750 for a ten-week internship (35 hours per week). Where available, all or a portion of the internship payment may be made directly to an intern through public interest funding from an intern’s law school.

  
  

  What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
  

  Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world’s leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.

  
  

  We are:

  1. The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.

  -We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations

  2. A leading Arts Presenter.

  -We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater

  3. An Education Hub.

  -We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members

  
  

  Who are our people?

  Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.

  Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."

  Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.

  
  

  What’s the news?

  Highlights from the Summer Season

  • Celebrating Art, Community, and Resilience Post-COVID: Summer for the City Returns to New York For A Second Year
  • Vibrating Haptic Suits Give Deaf People a New Way to Feel Live Music
  • The True Winners and Losers of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards
  • Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music

  Campus Happenings

  • Lincoln Center Names Conductor for Reimagined Mostly Mozart Orchestra
  • Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center
  • Lincoln Center Presents to Continue This Winter/Spring With Expanded Free and Choose-What-You-Pay Performances
  • The 2024 Tony Awards Will Be Hosted at Lincoln Center

  Legacies of San Juan Hill

  • Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
  • Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
  • Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro

  Who is our President and CEO?

  Henry Timms is the co-founder of #GivingTuesday and the co-author of New Power.

  
  

  Join us!

  It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.

  
  

• About the company

  3-acre complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

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