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Branches of Law
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Branches of Law
By, Kate Tracy
Why this project?
Intro
-I sparked an interest
-Started last year but didn't have enough time to dive into details about branches
-wanted to continue my research
To become a lawyer
How to become a lawyer
-Undergraduate and senior year of college
-Law school
-The Bar Exam
-Post law school
My Process
Process
-Purpose of the project
-I looked into the most popular, most promising, and most common areas of law
-I could never cover all areas of law
-Decided to group my favorites by personality
Personality
Personality groupings
-Activism
-Logistical/technical
-Emotionally detatched
-Specialization
Requirements
Requirements
-The majority of these practices need either a JD or LLM degree
Activism
-So many branches of law that focus on political, social, or environmental reformation
-If you have a passion for a certain issue or group or you even just want to make a difference in your lifetime, this is for you.
Activism
Civil rights law
Civil Rights
- protection and expansion of civil liberties (race, disability, constitutional)
-Fight against discrimination, harassment, or other forms of mistreatment in court.
Criminal law
-Can be a prosecutor or a defence attourney
-spend most of your time in court
-Work through the government or private entities
Criminal
Environmental law
-Lawyers that work to protect the environment
-Regulate natural resources and help manage treaties and protective measures
Environmental
Immigration law
-Focuses on one individual's ability to attain citizenship
-Often will work through the government, non-prophets, or private immigration firms
Immigration
Employment/labor law
-Manage relationships between employers and employees
-Unions, contracts, wages, benefits, and workers rights
Employment
Logistical/Technical
-If you're someone who fairs well with paperwork, nitty gritty details, or even don't do well with public speaking these may work
-All of these are similar in the sense that they aren't high stakes, however involve a lot of "office work" and are sometimes called "transactional"
Logistical
Buisness
Buisness law
-Business law (“commercial or corporate” law) is helping out a specific business with their affairs including many smaller areas of law
-Can look one of two ways: Small business or corporate (established company) law
Intellectual property
Intellectual/property law
-3 subsections that protect ideas, inventions and creations.
-Copyright - ensures works of art are protected (books, music, movies)
-Trademark - creates possesion of brand names and trademarks/logos
-Patent - Governs inventions and discoveries
Real Estate
Real Estate Law
-Deal with the logistics of property (sales, purchases, leases, titles, landlord-tenant, foreclosures
-"Transactional" work which includes negotiating and drafting doccuments.
Emotionally Detatched
Emotionally detatched
-Where laywers get their rep
-Some areas of law are difficult to deal with
-Working with people when they're at their lowest point
-Having a higher level of social skills and emotional tolerance could result in $$$
Family Law
-Working with parties to settle divorces, adoption, child welfare
Family
Health Law
-Protecting/representing hospitals, nursing homes, health insurance companies etc.
Health
Personal Injury Law
-Under the umbrella of health law
-Represents a person that has attained an injury at the cost of another person/entity (workplace injury or assult)
Personal Injury
Litigations/Bankruptcy
-Planning and carrying out lawsuits with a party
-Representing buisnesses or persons who have gone bankrupt and helps with the repayment of debts
Litigations
Specialization
-There are a lot of really niche areas of law
-Something for everyone
-Here are some that I found interesting
Specialization
Admirality Law
-Otherwise known as meritime law
-Deals with shipping, navigation, waters, canals, piracy
Admirality
Animal Law
-Stand up for animal rights and the organizations related to them
-Endangerment, poaching, inhumane treatment
Animal
Military Law
Military
-Represent service people (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guards) in cases.
-Military court: decides how to dicipline and punish crimes within the military
Entertainment Law
-Working within the entertainment industry, managing payments and contracts
-Working with performers, tech teams, management teams, the company etc
Entertainment
Takeaways
-Mock trial style law is not for everyone
-There is something for everyone - any interests, talents, even if you have a dream that you’re unable to accomplish there is probably a legal aspect to it
-Law is a fantastic way to make change in the world