Alumni Successes
Even though the degree program was only officially approved in 2007, several students have graduated informally by taking pretty much the same course of study. Below are some of those individuals.
Chrissie Scelsi 
Chrissie Scelsi graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in May of 2004. She has been published in Entertainment and Sports Lawyer and other legal journals on issues surrounding YouTube, iPhone and mobile music market. In addition, she is the co-chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section’s Special Committee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds, for which she is co-editing a monograph on practicing intellectual property law in virtual worlds to be published later this year. She is also co-chair of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section Copyright Special Committee on Online Gaming.
Chrissie Scelsi is currently working in marketing and trademark law, where she assists in reviewing agreements with spokespersons and talent for endorsement deals, as well as advertisements, packaging, and labeling compliance issues.
Chrissie has also been putting her music business skills to work through her work with Shock City Music Works, a company started by three local producers in St. Louis. After interning with the company during law school, Chrissie has been consulting with the company on the development of a $10 million rehabilitation of a historic ice factory into a state of the art recording studio, which will also house a record label and artist development facility opening later this year.
“The real-world experience and business foundation that I received from the music business program gave me a head start coming out of school in terms of business savvy and the skills to take on the dynamic changes occurring in the music industry today. A lasting highlight of my time at Loyola was working on my honors thesis with Dr. Jerry Goolsby on a marketing approach to the internet crisis that was occurring in the music industry in response to Napster. I not only learned a great deal from my research and work in New Orleans, but also from the Richard Frank Research Grant I received that enabled me to travel to Cannes, France to the Midem Global Music Trade Show and Conference. As new business models and approaches have emerged in the music industry, it has been interesting to compare the insights I developed at Loyola to current industry trends.”