5 MOST ATTRACTIVE FIELDS OF LAW

As an advocate/lawyer, you need to specialize in a specific field of law to garner maximum benefits throughout your career. 

Team Law Community
May 12, 2021

As an advocate/lawyer, you need to specialize in a specific field of law to garner maximum benefits throughout your career. 

Here, are 5 promising areas of practice you may consider for specialization: 

  1. Corporate law:

Corporate lawyers are tasked to undertake legal compliances of both clients represented by the firm and individuals employed the firm. A corporate lawyer has to deal with contracts, compliances, and ___. Lawyers specializing in corporate law can help business’s ease into their space by advising___ 

  1. Criminal:

Whether you want to be defense lawyer or prosecutor, criminal law is full of opportunity. The lawyers in this practice area are accustomed to thinking on their toes. It is a relatively difficult field but has higher recognition and renumeration than advocates on the civil side. 

  1. Civil rights:

Dealing with the basic human rights, civil rights attorneys do extremely important work. They sometimes work for nonprofits such as HRLN, but also work as policy specialists. Other lawyers may take up cases concerning civil rights as pro bono. Lawyers indulging in this field have opportunities to work for either the government or multilateral organizations. 

  1. Immigration:

Another important practice area deals with asylum/refugee law, business immigration law, and criminal/deportation defense. This topic is has very wide visibility right now due to ever growing migration to foreign lands. This also encompasses property law as NRI’s have financial interests in inherited property. 

  1. Family law:

Cases in family and juvenile law are incredibly diverse. From adoption, child custody to domestic abuse, attorneys can encounter a wide range of situations-which sometimes may not be pleasing. But, If you want to positively affect the lives of people, this field of law gives you plenty of opportunity.