<p>Hello, I'm a sophomore at ohio u and a marketing major. I currently have around a 3.5 but that's low due to a bad first quarter and I plan on graduating with a 3.7. I am highly interested in going into entertainment law as it seems like a field I won't dislike even if I am working 60 plus hours a week. I am thinking my goal schools would be USC or UCLA. Would that be my best bet? And what should I do now to start working towards getting in to a law school of that caliber. Thanks</p>
<p>What do you imagine entertainment law to be?</p>
<p>Like contract law. Probably working for a movie studio or an agency.</p>
<p>My initial concern is that you’ve set your sights on a relatively popular but extremely exclusive and small subset of legal practice. My understanding is that to get into the transactional side of entertainment law you need to first get into BigLaw, then specialize, then break into an extremely insular industry. The first one is a hurdle 90% of law students miss, the second is often out of your control, and the third requires substantial connections that I assume you don’t currently have and are unlikely to get over the next few years. Let me phrase it this way: if I told you you were guaranteed to not get entertainment law, would you still want to go to law school?</p>
<p>Well I’ve always thought of law school since at least freshman year of high school. I’ve also always thought of moving out to California. Just recently has the idea of entertainment law came into my head. I’ve also thought of trying to get into representation (management) for actors or writers. Idk I guess I just figure I could go out there and get a degree in law while I build contacts and work internships over the summer.</p>
<p>I’ve always been interested in law school, just haven’t always known what exactly I want to do. I guess I still have time, I’m just someone who always looks ahead.</p>
<p>I recommend being very cautious. The likelihood of obtaining that work is very low since there are very few jobs and an unending supply of law students who want them (by low I mean I cannot recall a single case of a law student getting an entertainment law job out of law school) and the cost substantial both in terms of fees and opportunity costs. The general category of “working in California” may be achievable, however even that won’t be all that easy if you don’t have any real ties there.</p>
<p>“I cannot recall a single case of a law student getting an entertainment law job out of law school”</p>
<p>I know a few, because there are a few Biglaw firms with partners who do entertainment transactions. But (1) this was at Harvard Law (2) during a good market (3) and the students knew a lot about the industry.</p>