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Top 10 Schools for Entertainment Law
In 2014, Law Street Media released its first set of law school rankings, in response to the changing legal education industry. Law Street Specialty Rankings are a detailed resource for prospective law students as they consider the many law schools across the country. You'll notice some differences this year, as we return to the categories we first ranked in 2014. This year, we've changed the way we do our methodology slightly, to reflect feedback from our readers and the law school community. We've also redesigned our look, to make it easier to navigate and compare various schools. But as always, Law Street Specialty Rankings are built to blend the quantitative and qualitative in a way that accurately highlights the top law schools based on specialty programs.
This year's law school specialty rankings were compiled by Anneliese Mahoney, Alexis Evans, Celia Heudebourg, Gabe Fernandez, James Levinson, Josh Schmidt, and Marcus Dieterle.
Jobs: 16/20
Located in New York City, Columbia offers some of the best job prospects for post-grads in the country. In order to help students gain experience before graduation, Columbia has an Arts Law Externship program specifically focused on entertainment law.
Classes: 21/25
Students at Columbia Law have the opportunity to choose from a fair number of entertainment law courses. The school also offers a few different seminars focused on entertainment law, including “Law and Theatre” and “Law and the Music Industry.”
Networking: 15/15
Columbia students can network at events like a regularly-held entertainment law alumni panel. The school also hosts an intellectual property symposium that has embraced entertainment law themes in recent years.
Extracurriculars: 14/15
Columbia Law has a Journal of Law and the Arts, and a large Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Society. There’s also a Virtual Entertainment Society, which mainly focuses on video game law.
Location: 15/15
Columbia University provides a fantastic location for students pursuing entertainment law because of its proximity to job opportunities in the Big Apple.
Other Rankings: 10/10
Columbia Law’s top-10 placement in Law Street Media’s entertainment law rankings was supported by its excellent rankings on other organizations’ lists, earning it a perfect score in this category.
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