<p>ya unless you are friends with the next lebron, or you are a pro athlete- go to law school for sports law.</p>
<p>Do entertainment and sports law have much overlap?</p>
<p>Though most sports agents are lawyers (their primary responsibilities include negotiating contracts and understanding the ins and outs of labor laws/union contracts/league rules), that does not in any way mean that it is easy to become a sports agent if you are a lawyer. It is quite difficult to break into the field.</p>
<p>What if you are interested in working in Public Policy? Does a law degree help there? How is it considered among this line of work?</p>
<p>I am now curious, sally: is it not the case that **all **sports agents are lawyers? I had thought it was a legal job. (I have no interest in becoming one; I am just curious.)</p>
<p>It's not the case that all sports agents are lawyers.</p>
<p>Sports agents are subject to certain (rather minimal) regulations in California, for example:</p>
<p>WAIS</a> Document Retrieval</p>
<p>Some of the best known agents in California (Leigh Steinberg, and Scott Boras, for example) are lawyers, but there are others (Bill Duffy, and Matt Sosnick, for example) whose names I was unable to find at the State Bar site (calbar.org).</p>
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<p>Definitely not the case. We have several friends who are NHL agents and they are not all lawyers. There are many agents who are former players, but even the ones who are not former players, are not necessarily lawyers.</p>
<p>Interesting. I hadn't realized. Thanks!</p>
<p>I agree that law is a bit limited. If someone wants a career in "business", which is defined loosely - better to have CPA/CA (in Canada) or law/MBA.</p>