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The Top Law Schools For Entertainment Law (2023)

Want to represent your favorite celebrity? Choose the right law school.

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Representing 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 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, in addition to novel course offerings and externship programs. The Hollywood Reporter has ranked the top 12 law schools (complete with a few ties), and we’ll provide our readers with a look at the top six here at Above the Law. If you’re interested, you can click here to see the full list of law schools.

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

  1. UCLA School of Law
  2. Harvard Law School
  3. USC Gould School of Law
  4. Berkeley School of Law
  5. Columbia Law School
  6. Southwestern Law School

While it certainly helps to go to a top-ranked law school, going to a law school in California seems to be even more helpful. (You may remember that Camille Vasquez of Johnny Depp trial fame is an alumnus of Southwestern.) As a real-life entertainment lawyer told us years ago, the key to making it as an entertainment lawyer isn’t about specializing in a niche practice, but in mastering straightforward transactional skills. So, 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.

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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.

Hollywood’s Top 12 Law Schools 2023 [Hollywood Reporter]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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