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Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
Like I said I want to be an Entertainment Lawyer so North Carolina would not be the best state to be in for that type of law.
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I just want to say that Entertainment Law is extremely competitive, and you need to know someone to get in. My friend is going into Entertainment law in a NYC firm, and he worked in the field before law school. He has a ton of connections. It also didnt hurt that he went to school right outside NYC and was at the top of the class, law review, etc.
So not only do you need to know someone, you have to be the best. So many people want to be an entertainment lawyer, and I hate to tell you that its a pipe dream. Even me, with my friend as a connection, would never be able to get into the field right out of law school because I am not in the top 10% of my class. Then, it would be hard to get in it in a few years because I won't have experience in the field.
Find out if law is really for you. It is NOT easy, nor fun. Had I known what law really is (reading and writing) I probably would not have gone to law school. But I am graduating next week.
As far as the job market goes, I am so lucky that I have a job in Sept- most of my friends do not. A lot of people are clerking for judges (making $35,000- consider they have $120,000 in debt). It is a HUGE, expensive investment, and too many people go to law school not realizing what it is. My class had 450 students first year-- and only 360 or so are graduating.
Plus, studying for the bar is NOT fun. I am sick of it already, and I just started on Monday
