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Southwestern a leader in entertainment law

April 27, 2016

A Leader in Entertainment Law

Southwestern continues to be recognized as a top school for entertainment law by the entertainment media such as The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.

Since 2012, when The Hollywood Reporter initiated its annual Top Entertainment Law Schools list, Southwestern has been included all five years. This year, Southwestern is #6 on the list, which is featured in THR鈥檚 2016 鈥淧ower Lawyers鈥 issue. Originally in 2012, THR 鈥渆valuated course offerings, practical training and the esteemed alumni of the nation鈥檚 more than 200 law schools to create this first-ever list.鈥 The subsequent lists have been based on alumni in the entertainment industries.

Among the 100 top entertainment attorneys included in the 2016 roster of 鈥淧ower Lawyers鈥 were prominent Southwestern alumni 鈥76 of Akin Gump Straus Hauer & Feld; 鈥01 of Donaldson+Callif; Warren Dern 鈥91 of Sloane Offer Weber & Dern; 鈥75 of Johnson & Johnson; and 鈥80 of O鈥橫elveny & Myers. Mr. Petrocelli was also the subject of a major feature article about his many high profile cases and clients, both within and beyond the entertainment industry.

Professors Steve Krone and Robert LindIn The Hollywood Reporter/THR, Esq. , 鈥淟aw Schools Balance Past With Future to Prep Young Entertainment Lawyers鈥 (also in ), Professors Steven Krone and Robert Lind of Southwestern鈥檚 Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute shared their views on the ever-evolving entertainment law curriculum.