Can someone tell me about different fields of law? I want to be a lawyer, but am undecided.?

Answer 1

i might be wrong but i believe there is
Administrative Law (Govt. Law, Public Law, Regulatory Law)
Admirality and Maritime Law
Advertising and Marketing (Media Law, Entertainment Law)
Agriculture Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration,
Animal Law
Antitrust and Trade Regulations
Appellate
Architectural and Engineering Law
Aviation and Aerospace (Transportation)
Banking (Finance, Financial Institutions and Services, Banking Regulation)
Bankruptcy (Foreclosure, Insolvency, Reorganization, Workout, Debtor and Creditor,
Collections)
Biotechnology
Bond (Municipal Finance, Securities)
Business
Business Litigation
Capital Markets
Charities
Civil Rights
Collections (Bankruptcy, Debtor and Creditor)
Commercial Law (Transactions, Commercial Litigation)
Commodities (Securities)
Communications and Telecommunications
Competitive Practices (Antitrust and Trade Regulations)
Computer and Internet Law (Intellectual Property, Technology)
Condemnation (Eminent Domain)
Construction Law (Architectural and Engineering Law; Real Estate, Construction
Litigation)
Cooperative and Condominium (Real Estate)
Copyright (Intellectual Property)
Corporate (Antitrust and Trade Regulations, Transactions, Corporate Litigation)
Corporate Finance (Bond, Finance, Securities)
Creditors’ Rights (Debtor and Creditor)
Criminal Defense (White-Collar Criminal Law)
Debtor and Creditor (Creditors’ Rights)
Domestic Relations (Family Law)
Drug (Food and Drug)
E-Commerce, E-Business
Education Law
Eminent Domain (Condemnation, Land Use, Real Estate)
Employee Benefits (ERISA and Executive Compensation, Labor and Employment)
Energy (Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Utilities)
Engineering (Construction Law)
Entertainment Law (Media, Entertainment Litigation)
Environmental Law (CERCLA, FIFRA, RCRA, Land Use, Natural Resources, Toxic
Torts, Environmental Litigation)
ERISA (Employee Benefits, Pension)
Estates and Trusts (Probate)
Family Law (Domestic Relations, Matrimonial Law)
Federal Income Tax (Taxation)
Fiduciary Law (Estates and Trusts)
Finance (Banking, Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Services, Private Finance,
Placements)
Financial Institutions, Financial Services (Banking, Finance, Investment Companies)
Food and Drug (Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Biotechnology)
Foreclosure (Bankruptcy)
Foundations (Nonprofit Organizations)
Franchise Law
Futures and Options (Securities)
Government Affairs (Legislative Law, Lobbying)
Government Contracts
Governmental Law (Election Law, Administrative Law, Government Contracts,
Legislative Law, Municipal)
Health Care Law (Professional Liability)
Housing and Urban Development (Real Estate)
Immigration Law
Import, Export (International Trade)
Indian Law
Insolvency (Bankruptcy)
Insurance (Insurance Defense and Regulation)
Insurance Litigation
Intellectual Property (Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law, Intellectual Property
Litigation)
International Law, Transactions, International Litigation
International Trade
Investment Companies (Commodities, Financial Institutions and Services, Securities)
Joint Ventures (Partnerships, Joint Ventures)
Labor and Employment (Safety and Health, Employee Benefits, Labor and Employment
Litigation)
Land Use (Zoning, Eminent Domain, Environmental Law)
Leasing, Lease Finance (Real Estate)
Legislative Law (Government Affairs, Governmental Law, Lobbying)
Lending (Finance)
Litigation (Appellate, Business, Commercial Law, Construction, Corporate, Labor, Real
Estate, Securities)
Lobbying (Governmental Affairs, Legislative Law)
Maritime Law (Admirality and Maritime Law)
Matrimonial Law (Family Law)
Media (Advertising and Marketing, Entertainment Law)
Medical (Health Care Law)
Medical Malpractice (Professional Liability)
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mining (Natural Resources)
Mortgage Finance
Mortgage Foreclosure
Municipal (Bond, Government Affairs, Governmental Law, Municipal Finance, Public
Finance)
Natural Resources (Mining and Water, Energy, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas)
Nonprofit Organizations (Charities)
Oil and Gas (Energy, Natural Resources)
Partnerships, Joint Ventures
Patent (Intellectual Properties)
Pension (Employee Benefits)
Personal Injury (Torts)
Personal Services
Pharmaceuticals (Food and Drug)
Private Finance, Placements (Finance)
Privatization (Business)
Probate (Estates and Trusts)
Products Liability (Torts)
Professional Liability (Medical Malpractice, Torts)
Project Finance (Public Finance)
Public Agency (Governmental Law)
Public Finance (Municipal Finance)
Public Law (Administrative Law)
Public Utility (Utilities)
Real Estate (Real Estate Tax, Eminent Domain, Leasing, Lease Finance)
Regulated Industries (Energy, Utilities)
Regulatory Law (Administrative Law, Banking Regulation, Regulated Industries)
Resorts and Casino Law
Safety and Health (Labor and Employment)
Science (Technology)
Securities (Corporate Finance, Securities Litigation)
Sports Law
State and Local Taxes (Taxation)
Subrogation (Insurance)
Syndications
Tax-Exempt Organizations (Nonprofit Organizations)
Taxation
Technology and Science (Biotechnology, Computer Law, Food and Drug, Intellectual
Property)
Telecommunications (Communications and Telecommunications)
Torts (Environmental Law, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability)
Toxic Torts
Trade Regulation (Antitrust and Trade Regulation)
Trademark (Intellectual Property)
Transactions (Commercial Law, Corporate Law)
Transportation (Admiralty and Maritime Law, Aviation and Aerospace)
Trusts (Estates and Trusts)
Utilities (Energy, Regulated Industries)
Venture Capital (Finance)
Water (Natural Resources)
White-Collar Criminal Law (Criminal Defense)
Workers’ Compensation (Labor and Employment)
Workout (Bankruptcy)
Zoning (Land use)

Answer 2

The first issue is, what's the best school you can get into. If its not an upper tier, it may hinder you from getting a job in certain law firms. There is no reason to worry about the field of law right now, you are a long way away. Law is bascially criminal and civil; on both sides there are further specialites, especially on the civil end. Youll probably get an idea what you like as you take the courses, Most of your true educcation will be with your first kob

Good Luck

Answer 3

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Answer 5

Most law students don't figure out what area of law they'd like to work in until they do a summer associateship at a firm. The problem is that what you think the law is about turns out to be quite different from the reality of practice.

While you're in law school, explore the different areas you find interesting - take courses in them. If they continue to hold your interest, explore them more, first with your professors, then with professionals - perhaps in your summer associate job, or as a clerk for a firm.

Here's the catch: a couple of years out, quite a few of us decide that they've made a mistake...and change their specialty. Don't worry about it!

Answer 6

Litigation/trial lawyers, especially criminal trial lawyers, are about the only field of law that most people are acquainted with since most other fields of law lack the drama to be the subject of television shows, movies or plays. However, most lawyers don't work in those fields.

Some fields of law are family law (marriages, divorces, adoptions, etc.), bankruptcy law, real estate law, general business or contract law, environmental law, medical and other malpractice law, public health law, administrative law (law involving government agencies and how to deal with them), maritime law, space law, insurance law, estate planning (wills, for instance), and there are others.

"Corporate law" is a name generally given to working for large companies, either as an attorney employed by a large company, or in a law firm working for large company clients. It has many sub-areas.

Practically all fields of law have no connection to subjects taught in college, although in a number of areas of law material learned in college can be useful at least as background knowledge. The study of law can be fascinating: the arguments, the thought processes can be very intellectually exciting and challenging. However, this is not necessarily representative of the actual practice of law. The actual practice of law involves a lot of mundane procedures and documents. It involves dealing with clients who are not always reasonable. It involves dealing with senior attorneys who direct your life (depends on the type of practice you enter). It involves dealing with billing, deadlines, dealing with other attorneys, sometimes in adverserial situations, sometimes not, and many of these other lawyers will be people who thrive on confrontation, argument, and strong opinions.

Nowadays to be an effective lawyer of practically any type you must be able to assess and analyze a situation and use your knowledge of that field of law, plus any other useful knowledge you may have, figure out solutions to problems that your clients have. Usually you also have to be able to relate to people or they won't be interested in hiring or keeping you as their lawyer. If that is the sort of work that appeals to you as opposed to teaching, being a doctor, handling finncial matters - then consider it

Answer 7

Law is about money.
Decide how much you want to make and then see which ones are driving the type of car you want to have.

Answer 8

juvenile law, criminal law, civil law, corporate law, and a couple others i cant remember but this should be a good start

Answer 9

I wish to ask the same question as the op.

Answer 10

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