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Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by bigmnstyle » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:20 am

Opinions? With the economy and where you think it will be going; what do you think the best type of law to specialize in would be?

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by Danteshek » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:23 am

Family, Trust and Estates, Criminal Defense... Anything where the client is an actual human

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Post by IHaveDietMoxie » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:28 am

but I'm so interested in beaver law

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by legends159 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:33 am

bankruptcy lawyers always have business

securities litigation is also flourishing i hear. Any field that litigates against government regulatory agencies should remain prosperous. I don't see the government getting any smaller anytime soon.

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by Danteshek » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:44 am

administrative law, same rationale as above

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Post by inuitsoar » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:20 am

IHaveDietMoxie wrote:but I'm so interested in beaver law
bird law in this country is not governed by reason..so frustrating

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Post by bilbobaggins » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:26 am

inuitsoar wrote:
IHaveDietMoxie wrote:but I'm so interested in beaver law
bird law in this country is not governed by reason..so frustrating
I demand satisfaction.

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by macattaq » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:33 am

IP in general, particularly if it deals with the intersection of the internet and copyright. Also, music copyright in particular. I imagine there will be loads of work going on in this area as artists start realizing they don't need record labels anymore, but still need copyright protection due to dissemination of art via the internet.

Wills, trusts, and estates, for sure. Dying isn't going to go out of fashion anytime soon, although ITE, you never know what can happen.

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by j2d3 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:59 am

Danteshek wrote:Family, Trust and Estates, Criminal Defense... Anything where the client is an actual human
I'm going quite the opposite route. I want robot clients 4 sure.

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immigration

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Suing the public option for malpractice :)

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Post by eberl032 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:20 pm

So many different types have been mentioned: Immigration, Bankruptcy, Family, Trusts and Estates, Criminal Defense, IP, Administrative, Securities Litigation. With new concerns for nature, Id add environmental. Why is it then, that the attitude towards law is so doom and gloom? I see some positivity here...

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Post by Kiersten1985 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:24 pm

legends159 wrote:securities litigation is also flourishing i hear. Any field that litigates against government regulatory agencies should remain prosperous. I don't see the government getting any smaller anytime soon.
+1. I work in securities litigation and was at work until 2:30 am last night. It's bumpin'.

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Post by legends159 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:00 pm

eberl032 wrote:So many different types have been mentioned: Immigration, Bankruptcy, Family, Trusts and Estates, Criminal Defense, IP, Administrative, Securities Litigation. With new concerns for nature, Id add environmental. Why is it then, that the attitude towards law is so doom and gloom? I see some positivity here...
law as a whole is growing but so are the number of law schools and law students. And hiring temporarily has constricted as compared to the prior 2 years, though it's still larger than it was a decade ago.

the doom and gloom is the immediate reaction to the change in status quo. Lots of people got laid off. Lots of people didn't get jobs out of OCI. At this particular moment it's still a scary time to go into the law profession.

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Post by Wahoo1L » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:07 pm

International law. There are always going to be countries, and somebody has to jetset around the world doing law in those countries.

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Patent in electrical/computer engineering

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Post by john titor » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:23 pm

Wahoo1L wrote:International law. There are always going to be countries, and somebody has to jetset around the world doing law in those countries.
are you retarded

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Resource management

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Human resources management.

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john titor wrote:
Wahoo1L wrote:International law. There are always going to be countries, and somebody has to jetset around the world doing law in those countries.
are you retarded
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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by nealric » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:33 pm

Space Law

But you need to graduate from Princeton's space law LLM.

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Post by MC Southstar » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:34 pm

nealric wrote:Space Law

But you need to graduate from Princeton's space law LLM.
When that actually becomes a real field, that'd be pretty sweet, though.

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Post by LSATfromNC » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:17 pm

shadowfrost000 wrote:
nealric wrote:Space Law

But you need to graduate from Princeton's space law LLM.
When that actually becomes a real field, that'd be pretty sweet, though.
http://www.space.com/news/080508-first- ... awyer.html

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Re: Best law to get into over next 10 years

Post by nealric » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:40 pm

When that actually becomes a real field, that'd be pretty sweet, though.
It actually is. Someone needs to do the legal work for launching satellites, etc. Fun to joke about though.

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