Entertainment Law, Law Schools, Rankings

The Top Law Schools For Entertainment Law (2017)

Want to represent your favorite celebrity? Make sure you choose the right law school.

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Hollywood SignRepresenting celebrity clients is likely to catapult your name into the news and turn your business into a household topic of conversation. Maybe that’s one of the many reasons why you’re so interested in pursuing a career in entertainment law. Attorneys who practice in the field of entertainment law have worked with some of the most celebrated — and sometimes reviled — clients in the country (or the world), and that’s exactly the kind of career experience you envision for yourself.

If you’re still deciding where to go to law school and you’re dreaming of someday practicing law with Hollywood’s brightest stars as your clients, perhaps it’s time to take a look at The Hollywood Reporter’s latest law school rankings.

This ranking is based on the number of lawyers included in THR’s most recent Power Lawyers lineup (aka the “Hollywood 100”) who graduated from each of the law schools listed here. The Hollywood Reporter has ranked the top 10 law schools, but there are 12 listed due to multiple ties. We’ll provide our readers with a look at the top six here at Above the Law. Click here to see the full list.

So, which schools made the cut? You might be surprised…

  1. UCLA School of Law
  1. Harvard Law School
  1. USC Gould School of Law
  1. UC Berkeley School of Law
  1. Stanford Law School
  1. Columbia Law School
  1. Southwestern Law School

While it certainly helps to go to a top-ranked law school to represent the members of the Hollywood elite, going to a law school in California seems to be even more helpful. If you’re interested in entertainment law, you should know that it’s a relatively tough field to get into, and it may take you quite some time to reach the peak of your career — or, you could get really lucky.

Either way, choosing the right law school is just the first step, and we wish you the best of luck. Maybe someday you’ll get to represent your favorite celebrity.

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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