UCLA Music Industry 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer Music & The Law

Position overview

Position title : Lecturer

Salary range :

See Table #15 for the salary range for this position.

https : / / www.ucop.edu / academic-personnel-programs / _files / 2023-24 / july-2023-acad-salary-scales / t15.pdf

A reasonable estimate for this position is $70,977 - $92,609.

Review timeline :

Applications will be reviewed by the search committee as they are submitted with a deadline of November 30, 2025, for Winter quarter and February 28, 2026, for Spring quarter employment.

Application Window

Open date : October 13, 2025

Next review date : Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date : Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Music Industry for the Winter quarter of the 2025-26 academic year. The position will staff a course in Music and the Law, designed as an introduction to fundamental American law as it applies to legal frameworks that govern the creation, distribution, and monetization of music in today's global music industry for third- and fourth-year Music Industry majors. Salary will be commensurate with applicant's qualifications and experience.

Applicants should understand law in the entertainment industry, with special attention to music and its use in film, television, and new media. They should have the ability to communicate legal aspects of key areas such as AI music, copyright law, intellectual property, contracts, publishing, performance rights, and digital licensing. The role also involves unpacking real-world legal issues around sampling, synchronization, distribution agreements, artist-label contracts, disputes, and international law as it relates to music streaming and touring.

Responsibilities will include individual student teaching supervision and assigned undergraduate courses in the School of Music. Applicants with a JD and legal professional background in entertainment; or with a relevant professional certification; or with relevant professional experience in the music industry will be preferred.

Applications must include : 1) a cover letter stating interest in the position and summarizing relevant experience, 2) a comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of teaching philosophy, 4) a response to the University's Mission Statement, 5) a reference check authorization release and 6) names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required.

Applications will be reviewed by the search committee as they are submitted with a deadline of November 30, 2025, for Winter quarter employment, and February 28, 2026, for Spring quarter employment. The anticipated appointment dates are January 1, 2026, for Winter quarter, and April 1, 2026, for Spring quarter.

This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers : https : / / ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu / resources / employment-policies-contracts / bargaining-units / non-senate-instructional / contract / . Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or a minimum of one professional certification in a related field
• Legal experience in the music or entertainment industry

Preferred qualifications

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Cover Letter

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. or resume

Statement of Teaching

UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows :

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment :

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

Misc. Online Audio and / or Video Links (Optional)

Statement of Research (Optional)

Reference requirements

Contact information only required for a minimum of 3 individuals.

Apply link :

https : / / recruit.apo.ucla.edu / JPF10657

Help contact : gomesh@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA