Q: How do I specialize in a specific area of law?
A: In law school we're taught all of the
main subjects, but specializing in one or two areas is a
great thing because it makes you a Master in that field. This can be done in 4
ways (all of these are what I did):
v Do a first degree in
your chosen area before doing the Graduate LL.B./G.D.L./C.P.E. (In America I
started off doing business… back when Corporate law was my focus, but after moving to London, I identified a niche area to bring back home)
v Do specific electives
during the LL.B./G.D.L./C.P.E. (I finished my business degree and went to
law school and began to focus on employment law)
v Do a Master's degree
in the area (I also did modules in Human Rights and Immigration as they both relate
to Employment)
v Focus your legal
career on your specific area(s) (I started a boutique consulting firm that
focuses only on Employment issues www.jbemploymentconsulting.com).
I don't trust lawyers who claim that they do everything... recently, an employment matter came to me where after taking $40,000 from his clients to send 4 letters, this south lawyer told the clients that he did not know what next to do beyond sending those letters. 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
Any Lawyer can choose to specialize in any of the following areas:
Any Lawyer can choose to specialize in any of the following areas:
- Administrative law
- Advertising law (a real niche
that needs someone in Trinidad and Tobago)
- Animal law
- Antitrust law (or
competition law)
- Aviation law
- Banking law
- Business law (or commercial
law); also commercial litigation
- Communications law
- Constitutional law
- Construction law
- Consumer law
- Contract law
- Copyright law
- Corporate law (or company
law), also corporate compliance law and corporate governance law
- Criminal law
- Cyber law
- Employment law
- Energy law
- Entertainment law
- Environmental law
- Family law
- Human rights law
- Immigration law
- Insurance law
- Intellectual property law
- International law
- Labour law
- Land Law
- Maritime law
- Military law
- Juvenile law
- Music law
- Patent law
- Poverty law
- Privacy law
- Sports law
- Tax law
- Tort law
- Trademark law
Sorry to bother you but i am the HWLS student that asked about the MPPA concerning adultery. I found what i was looking for at s8. I was looking for the wrong heading (defense) i was thinking of how the UK has it.
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