What Kind of Law Should I Practice?
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- In this video, I talk about how to decide what type of law to practice by using high level decision prompts that will help you identify areas of the law that you want to avoid and pursue.
It was really helpful for me in a time of confusion. Thank you Patrick, it was so clearly divided.
I'm glad you found it helpful. Having career clarity can dramatically increase the likelihood of success and fulfillment.
Thank you so much for your brevity and clarity
As a prospective law student 🎉you’ve helped me to open my mind about my choices your WONDERFUL ❤
I'm glad you found it useful. Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it. Best of luck to you!
@@pemmediacan you do a video on attending law school and is it common to work a full time job ?
This was amazing. As it helped me identify that litigations (civil to be precise) are where my heart lies. Thank you for making it easy to understand.
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.
Me = (For profit or for purpose): For profit. (Litigation or transactional): Litigation. (Tort, criminal or civil, business, estate, family):business = business/corporate litigation. Makes sense why I don't care for criminal law or people's problems in general like personal injury. Got some clarity from this video. Thanks
Thank you so much for this video, it was concise and so well thought. It genuinely gave me direction for this huge decision. I still have a couple of years before heading to law school but in the meantime I hope to figure out if litigation or transaction is best for me
Thank you. You framed this conversation well
Great vid appreciate the breakdown
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.
Thank you for the video. This cleared up a lot as I am contemplating law school.
I appreciate you taking the time to create all of these helpful videos. I just gradauted with a business admin. degree and am working on the LSAT right now. Is it common for attorneys to have a practice focusd on M&A and real estate? Or would it be disadvantageous to practice both?
I think that most attorneys who specialize would consider M&A and Real Estate to be two different specialties. However, many attorneys are more than capable of handling both M&A and Real Estate transactions. My view is that the more time you spend working on one area of the law, the better and more valuable you become in that specialty. If you split your time and experience, you dilute your effort and value.
I came across your channel, and though you haven't uploaded in some time, I am hoping that you're still active. I am a paralegal student, and my heart is falling more and more in love with the legal field. I have a lot of questions about not just law school, but the profession itself. If you have the time, I would love to talk with you and gain insight. Luckily, I have a pretty good idea as to where I would want my legal career to go, so that is working in my favor. Nonetheless, I am still left with a lot of questions.
Thank you for giving solid advice. I feel like everything else is too general and not very helpful for me.
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You are welcome. Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Patrick, very helpful
I think I've seen enough litigation/ the works to realize this is what I want to do. I thought I wanted to do PI but I realized I don't enjoy reading pages upon pages of medical documents..
Good video, thanks. I subscribed
Hello Patrick! I am a current military police for the Navy (master at arms). I have a bachelors degree and I want to eventually become a military lawyer (jag). What field of law do you recommend?
I suggest going into the field of law that interests you most, which will probably translate into you being successful. The opposite tends to be true. The people who practice an area of law that they do not enjoy tend to quit being lawyers or melt down in other ways.
@@pemmediathank you sir!
Is there a book that has brief descriptions or summaries of each type of lawyer or law?
I am not aware of any such books, but I think you could ask any AI (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) to provide a list of legal specialties and a short description of each. From there, one could drill down with more specific questions.
Can you specialize in more than one type of law? What if you want to have one specialization that’s “purpose,” and another that’s “profit” ?
It is common for lawyers to practice in more than one area of the law, but doing so creates potential inefficiencies and challenges. The issue is whether spending time practicing in one area for purpose will reduce your ability to practice in another area for profit and vice versa.
What advice would you give to someone who’s starting a Paralegal Certification
Regarding the practice area to pursue as a paralegal, I would give the same advice as in this video, except that you will not necessarily need to appear in court, but would be subject to the court's calendar if you worked in litigation. However, when starting out, we sometimes have to take the jobs that are available to gain experience, which is fine until you figure out what kind of law you really want to work in.
Lit all the way