I've want to go to law school to practice civil law, but I've also been thinking about interanational law so I can practice law anywhere. Can someone give me more information about international law? I'm not sure.
Answer by ronjon007
You have to decide what type of international law you want to practice. I'm getting into international tax law (yeah, I'm one of the nerds of the law world). I think it's fascinating, but most places require an LLM in tax. I know of people that work as international human rights lobbyists and they love it.
Since I take it you're not in law school, yet, when you get to law school and even before law school, try to get internships in a law firm that handles civil litigation and find another one that handles things in international law that you might be interested in. Good luck.
Answer by mailaccount63
Warning! Jobs in the field of Law are drying up FAST!! This is just not a good field to invest time and/or money into. This is a SHRINKING vocational field. Many reasons. Many people today (mistakenly) think they can do their own legal work, thanks to the Internet. Also, we simply already have WAY TOO MANY Legal Professionals - we have an absolute GLUT!! ("Legal Professionals" includes, but is not limited to: Attorneys/Lawyers, Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Bailiffs, Court Reporters, etc, etc)
Law school will cost approx $ 150,000+.
Even IF you finish law school, you won't be able to find a job when you are done. Since this vocational field is shrinking, many new attorneys/lawyers are, themselves, having to work "down" as Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Bailiffs, Court Reporters, etc, etc, to simply try to keep some of THEIR bills paid <
Now... the law schools know this, but they won't tell you the truth >that the job market/economy is just SATURATED with WAY TOO MANY Legal Professionals. Instead the schools will feed you a fairytale and will LIE to you. The root of the problem is we have too many law schools. We are in a recession, and the schools are fighting for their own survival - they will tell students ANYTHING to get to the students' money. (Which is why they won't tell you the truth about the job market for the field of Law.) AND these schools continue to recruit and churn out even MORE graduates.............
If you don't believe me, then just do a SEARCH here on Yahoo Answers to see what other posters are saying about the current status of the field of Law. Call a local law firm - ask to speak to the Manager of Human Resources - ask them if they are hiring..................
In the book "So You Want to be a Lawyer?" by Marianne Calabrese and Susanne Calabrese (ISBN 0-88391-136-1): "The United States has more lawyers than any other country in the world. About 38,000 students graduate >EACH YEAR< from 200 law schools in the United States. The competition is VERY keen for jobs and clients." - Even Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (served on the Supreme Court for more than 20 years) says there are too many lawyers. (9/14/2008)
If you want a JOB when you are done with your studies, consider and look into the field of >>>HEALTHCARE!
Good luck.
(This was intended as personal opinion, and not intended to be used as legal advice.)
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