BESLA members are lawyers, leaders and industry professionals.  BESLA facilitates professional advancement and fosters mutually beneficial relationships among its members, corporate partners, and private donors. Our membership benefits from strategic alliances and networking opportunities promoted through an annual program of activities that meet the needs of attorneys from leading law firms, in-house counsel from major entertainment, new media, amateur and professional sports organizations, solo practitioners, law school professors, business executives in the music, sports, cable and broadcast television, film, video game, digital media, touring, marketing and branding, and publishing industries, including financiers, agents, and managers. To advance the next generation of entertainment and sports lawyers, membership is also extended to law students.