The Houston Rockets, Toyota Center, and Space City Home Network are looking for a talented Legal Fellow. The successful candidate will be a part of a small in-house legal team for the Houston Rockets, Toyota Center, and Space City Home Network with a focus on drafting and negotiating commercial transactions in a high-volume corporate legal department, developing and maintaining organizational processes, and collaborating with business units throughout the organization as well as external partners. We are looking for an energetic and outgoing individual who has a positive, can-do attitude and has a strong desire to learn and be part of the One Team philosophy and culture.
Essential Responsibilities
Assist with supporting the operations of the Company on a broad range of legal matters, including commercial transactions, intellectual property, labor and employment, sweepstakes, promotions, contests, and litigation management
Assist with drafting, reviewing, revising, and negotiating commercial agreements, including sponsorship agreements, suite licenses, master services agreements, master subscription (SaaS) agreements, arena use agreements, talent agreements, programming agreements, and other general commercial contracts
Draft releases and waivers, sweepstakes, contest, and promotion rules for Company activations across the team, arena, and network
Support compliance efforts related to privacy, data protection and security and other regulatory matters, including tracking and responding to data privacy requests
Provide operational support to legal team, including contract management, matter tracking, and other administrative tasks as needed
Assist with tracking key dates of upcoming renewals, expirations, and options
Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal department processes
Assist with advising business staff on legal issues and risks
Perform legal research on a variety of topics
Assist with managing compliance with NBA rules and regulations
Research and remain current on laws, rulings, and regulations affecting the Company’s business
Complete other special projects and responsibilities for the legal department as assigned
Demonstrate our One Team philosophy of Passion, Accountability, Customer Focus, and Teamwork.
Minimum Qualifications
The fellowship period will last from approximately September 2024 – August 2025
Available for 30+ hours per week of primarily in-person work, with 5 days on-site per week
This fellowship is in-person; no remote opportunities are available at this time
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university
Recently graduated (in 2023 or 2024) from an accredited law school
Prior legal experience or experience working for a team, athletic department, or with a sporting event is beneficial
Proficient in Microsoft Suite Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook
Working knowledge of corporate/transactional law
Contract drafting, redlining, analysis, and negotiation skills
Detail oriented, hard working, and business minded
Ability to work under tight deadlines
Excellent organizational skills; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously
Able to work under pressure and to handle work-related stress
Friendly, courteous, professional, outgoing, and customer-service oriented
Ability to work independently and productively with minimum supervision
Ability to work extended days, hours, evenings, weekends, and holidays during the basketball season
Ability to commute to Toyota Center located in Houston, TX
Fellowships do not provide housing or transportation
Fellowships do not guarantee full-time positions with the Houston Rockets, Toyota Center, or Space City Home Network upon completion
Physical & Mental Requirements
The fellow may be regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use, handle, or feel, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and communicate with others.
The vision requirement includes the ability to review written and electronic materials in both digital and physical format.
The fellow must be able to transfer and move items for departmental needs.
The fellow must be able to adjust to changing work hours and locations as needed in light of the strong focus on external communications
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Seniority level
Internship
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Spectator Sports
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