NAR91
New Member
I saw an outdated post from 2009 about whether or not it's beneficial to get a JD and MFA in Film & Television production. Everyone was saying you should choose either one or the other, and I can't help but disagree. There are many competent producers with a JD and one might argue, they may have an advantage to a producer with only an MFA.
Here is my question:
Would it be beneficial to get a joint degree at an institute which offers the joint program, regardless of how poorly their law school is ranked? I can't decide if it would be wiser to just focus on one degree at a time and get a better education in law, or if that doesn't matter.
I'm currently looking at Chapman (yes, horrible law school, but incredible film program.) I would also love to go to Fordham and have considered University of Miami for law. Both offer an LLM in Entertainment.
Note: I am not trying to practice law and would be getting the degree to learn a very necessary aspect of production. I have also considered getting an MBA, but I believe that's a degree I can pursue later in life if I decide to create my own production company.
Here is my question:
Would it be beneficial to get a joint degree at an institute which offers the joint program, regardless of how poorly their law school is ranked? I can't decide if it would be wiser to just focus on one degree at a time and get a better education in law, or if that doesn't matter.
I'm currently looking at Chapman (yes, horrible law school, but incredible film program.) I would also love to go to Fordham and have considered University of Miami for law. Both offer an LLM in Entertainment.
Note: I am not trying to practice law and would be getting the degree to learn a very necessary aspect of production. I have also considered getting an MBA, but I believe that's a degree I can pursue later in life if I decide to create my own production company.