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What types of law are their other than criminal law?
#lawyer #criminal-justice #attorney
2 answers
Kim Igleheart
Kim’s Answer
this is from the list of specializations on the Texas Bar Assn website!
What's interesting is there are often two sides available - for example, Criminal Law you can do prosecutor or criminal defense; Environmental Law you can work for businesses or environmental protection type organizations; Employment Law - you can work for employees or companies. (much oversimplified, but, you get the idea!) not listed, Patent Law is also a big area.
Administrative Law
Business Bankruptcy Law
Civil Appellate Law
Civil Trial Law
Commercial Real Estate Law
Construction Law
Consumer and Commercial Law
Consumer Bankruptcy Law
Criminal Appellate
Criminal Law
Estate Planning and Probate Law
Family Law
Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law
Health Law
Immigration and Nationality Law
Juvenile Law
Labor and Employment Law
Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
Personal Injury Trial Law
Residential Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Workers' Compensation Law
Fiona Meow
Fiona’s Answer
Here, the system is split up between solicitors and barristers (usually court work). Solicitors at the international firms would often specialise in corporate finance given Hong Kong is an international finance centre. This will involve e.g. mergers and acquisition deals, syndicated loan deals, debt market bond deals, initial public offerings etc. The local (smaller) firms may specialise in commercial, family, conveyancing matters etc.
They are vastly different in both the work nature and culture of the work place.