University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Clark Atlanta University

Arts and Entertainment Lawyer  -  Yoga Instructor  -  Creative

- Co-instruct Introduction to Entertainment Law, focused on sharing first-hand knowledge to orient students to the sector, while contextualizing key practice points and highlighting ways to incorporate equity into practice in the industry. 
- Prepare course materials and host office hours.

University of Pittsburgh

Adjunct Faculty - Introduction to Entertainment Law

- Co-instruct Legal Writing for Commercial Transactions, grounding instruction in a  practical perspective and analysis of common, commercial agreements and hypotheticals. 
- Facilitate student hypotheticals, test cases, and real-life practicums to deepen their understanding and application of theory, statutes, and case law in the contract drafting environment. 
- Support students in developing the soft skills to deepen communication  when negotiating and drafting contracts, correspondence and memos.

Adjunct Faculty - Legal Writing for Commercial Transactions

- Co-developed curriculum for Wicked Problems Innovation - Vacant Land Communiversity course for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Hill District Community Engagement Center.
- Recruited community members from the Hill District and Hilltop neighborhoods to participate in the course.
- Facilitated discussion sessions with law students and community members, offering instructional and practical support in understanding the legal, social, political, environmental, and economic issues that impact vacant land issues in their communities and on a state and national level.

Project Coordinator & Co-Instructor - Wicked Problems Innovation Course

• Practice Areas: Business Services, Public/Non-Profit, Arts, Media and Entertainment
• Engage early stage for profit and nonprofit entities providing legal advice on entity selection, formation, and operations.
• Review, negotiate and draft agreements and forms for artists and arts related businesses in the sectors of visual arts, film, television and digital, and music. 
• Develop educational curriculums for small businesses, organizations, collectives, and artists to encourage legal and civic literacy.

Law Office of Jacquelin Walker

Attorney

Fete-Fete Ltd. is a business consulting practice for creatives focused on supporting artists in claiming their power and ascending to their next level. I take a holistic approach and provide professional development workshops, one-on-one knowledge and skills building, personal wellness experiences, and creative collaboration services to artists, creative entrepreneurs, and the organizations that serve them. 

As the Founder and Principal of Fete-Fete my duties include the following:
- Conceptualize and produce visual art and performance exhibitions in community spaces.
- Book talent for exhibitions; negotiate the terms of artist participation and venue partnerships. 
- Plan, develop, and budget for each exhibition; including pitching sponsorship and partnership opportunities.  
- Manage audience development and outreach, social media engagement, marketing and promotions.
- Co-facilitated the Black Transformative Arts Network (BTAN) Summer Artists Residency 
- Organized and produced the multidisciplinary art shows: From the Steel City with Love (2016), BALDAMOR (2017),  Call Me When You Get Home (2021) 
- Develop and produce intentional legal literacy and personal and professional development opportunities for artists into arts exhibition experiences for the public.
- Provide consulting services at the intersection of art and law, operational support, and exhibition production.

Fete-Fete

Founder & Curator

- Practice Areas: Commercial Services, Generalist
- Provided bridge support for a legal department in transition.
- Drafted service contract playbook, summarizing commercial positions for a Fortune 500 company and streamlining the contract review process.
- Negotiated SaaS Terms and Conditions, Master Service Agreements, Influencer Agreements, Advertising and other Commercial Terms. 
- Counseled business stakeholders by supplementing their decision making process with legal advice aligned with core company goals.

Axiom

- Drafted employment, management, consulting, and administrative services agreements.
- Reviewed and advised on commercial leases, franchise agreements, and IP licensing agreements.
- Researched and advised clients on compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, offering practical and value driven solutions in the form of clear and concise memos to communicate key issues and forms to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Advised and provided negotiation strategy and risk allocation counsel to a nonprofit theater company in a coproduction deal with enhancement funding for a developmental theater production.  
- Drafted appearance releases and advised clients on hosting live events and fundraisers.   
- Researched, summarized, and indexed all Pennsylvania Charter Appeals Board cases to create a tool that expedited case law research that resides outside of traditional research tools e.g. Westlaw and Lexis.

Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky

Associate

Law Clerk

Document Review (March 2019 - April 2019)
- Reviewed documents and made privilege, confidential information, and relevance calls in Relativity. 

Contract Audit (October 2018 - December 2018)
- Completed an internal contract terms audit for health care and insurance provider. 
- Reviewed contracts and prepared a database for the legal and sales departments to better track existing agreements streamlining the contracting process. 

Oil and Gas (June 2018 - September 2018)
- Reviewed abstracts which included deeds, wills, easements, mortgages, leases, and other official documents and prepared title opinions related to oil and gas estates in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
- Completed due diligence review and report of oil and gas holdings on a tight deadline.

Special Counsel

Contract Attorney

- Modernized contracting procedures and departmental and companywide policies at a top lecture booking agency that represents such speakers as President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama. 
- Provided business and legal solutions to resolve legal issues that arose between agency’s sales team, clients and the agency’s speakers. 
- Oversaw the contracting process from start to finish for all bookings for a roster of over 200 speakers.
- Drafted, reviewed, redlined and negotiated talent agreements for paid speaking engagements, licensing agreements, NDAs, master agreements, and vendor agreements; trained and supervised lawyers and nonlawyers in the same.   
- Fostered strong advisory relationship with internal departments and key stakeholders; advised on issues of intellectual property rights and clearances, risk allocation tools, and business development.
- Supported the executive team in bringing on new speakers by quickly turning around customized forms, terms, and template drafts for guidance and final approval from the speakers’ management and legal teams.

The Harry Walker Agency

Executive Director, Contracts

Associate Director, Contracts

- Negotiated, prepared and managed contracts for speaking engagements; tracked deals in Salesforce.
- Managed the transition process for the growing bi-coastal Speakers department in the New York office by training assistants in the organization and function of the department and company. 
- Helped to bring a newly hired agent on board, merging her preferred protocols for sales, client communication, and customer support with those of the agency and Speakers Department. 

Multicultural Committee 
- Developed and executed programming that encouraged a deeper understanding of the multicultural landscape and its impact on the entertainment industry. 
- Spearheaded partnerships to connect CAA staff to culturally underrepresented entertainment professionals and new opportunities by hosting professional development events.

Creative Artists Agency

CAA Speakers

- Provided operational and administrative support in emergent and planned absence situations to an office of over 100 agents, executives and their assistants, applying company and departmental protocols to ensure smooth day-to-day operations in 15 departments in the company.  
- Experience in all of the agency’s business areas including but not limited to: TV Alternative, TV Lit, Music Touring, Sports, Theater, Marketing, Comedy and Licensing.

Operations

- Collaborated with law school leadership and other law students to re-invigorate the community outreach program by creating engaging educational activities for area teens in sustainable formats.
- Developed and launched the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project – Pitt Law Chapter, a nationwide program dedicated to teaching high school students their constitutional rights and providing an education in civic engagement rooted in the development of rhetorical skills, advocacy and critical thinking. 
- Produced the Future Lawyer’s Day event, including conception and execution of an interactive mental and physical challenge game taking approximately 75 high school students through the steps to become a lawyer. Organized 20 law student volunteers to run the event.

Constitutional Literacy Outreach Fellow

- Interviewed and advised graduate and undergraduate students of their rights upon notice of alleged violations of the University Student Code of Conduct; advocated for students in larger administrative hearings. 
- Counseled students on copyright enforcement matters, explaining the nuts and bolts of copyright law and educated students campus wide on anti-piracy laws, policy, and initiatives.

Student Advocate

- Legal Intern for Barrister Tim Ludbrook, specializing in Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law.
- Researched case law in the EU, UK, US, Canada, Australia, and India databases and writing memoranda for a television format copyright protection claim and claims of trademark and trade dress infringement.
- Attended client intake interviews and meetings; researched and provided opinions on case strategy for matters in trial and appellate courts in England and the European Union.

13 Old Square Chambers

Legal Intern

- Pitched and developed a Business & Legal Affairs internship program for a regional, nonprofit entertainment investment fund and served as the inaugural intern.
- Researched and wrote memoranda advising in the areas of intellectual property law, employment law, documentary film project sales, and contests. 
- Drafted releases and licensing agreements for a filmmaking competition.

Steeltown Entertainment Project

Business and Legal Affairs Intern

- Research Assistant to the Associate Dean of Students, Kevin Deasy. 
- Researched, analyzed and delivered recommendations on the most effective strategy to market the burgeoning Semester in D.C. program, to current and prospective Pitt Law students.
- Served as Teacher's Assistant and Assistant to Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Summer Academy program deans.
- Worked with CLEO program students to ensure a positive and engaging overall student experience. 
- Worked on projects relating to community outreach between the law school and the larger Pittsburgh community to encourage interest in legal careers amongst young people from diverse communities.

Research Assistant

- Assisted Movie & a Makeover and Dinner & a Movie production teams in all stages of production 
- Researched national and regional marketing trends in entertainment, lifestyle, home, design, beauty and fashion for interstitial sponsorship programs. 
- Interacted with Dinner & a Movie’s viewing public via the show’s forum on the TBS website.
- Supervised and trained production assistants.

Turner Broadcasting

Key Production Assistant for TBS Franchises

- Promoted from Intern to full-time Production Assistant/Junior Editor within four months. 
- Assisted on-set for multiple commercials, web series productions, and corporate videos.
- Pitched and developed web series for teen girl lifestyle portal DayZLoop.
- Coordinated pre-production, production, and post-production services for multiple clients.