What are the fields of Specialisation?

The several fields in which a lawyer may specialise in are:

• Civil Law that deals with concerns of private rights of individuals, handling damage suits, breach of contract suits, drawing deeds, wills, mortgages, acting as trustee or guardian, etc.
• Tax Law has a tuned in focus on income tax, estate tax, real tax, franchises, problems of inheritance, etc.
• Criminal Law where one deals with offences against society or state. This is probably the most exciting branch of law. Here the job involves interviewing clients and interrogating witnesses, correlating findings, conducting trials, preparing a case for defence, examining, cross examining in court and so on.
• Corporation Law deals with advising corporations on their legal rights, obligations, privileges; studying statutes, constitutions and ordinances; and, helping the corporations to make the all-important decision of whether to go in for a suit at all.
• International Law specialises on treaties, customs and traditions observed by nations in their relations with one another.
• Labour Law deals with workers, their associations, working conditions, workers’ rights and duties, etc. Frequently, a lawyer specialising in labour law is called upon to sort out issues between management and employees in firms.
• Real Estate Law covers conveyance of property, search records and deeds to establish titles of property; acting as trustee for property; and, drawing up legal documents for deeds and mortgages.
• Patent Law focuses on securing patents for inventors from the patent’s office. Here the lawyer specialises in prosecuting or defending patent infringement and preparing detailed specifications of the patent and so on.