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Question: What kids of lawyers are there? What are they?
Answer: There are many types of lawyers. Usually, each lawyer has a specialty in the law. Those can include; divorce law, medical malpractice, bankruptcy, criminal, juvenile, probate and estate, elderly, contracts, constitutional, domestic violence or family law..... some people have a 'general' practice and engage in many different types of law. Lawyers can work in big law firms with hundreds of lawyers or small firms with only one or two lawyers. They can also work for large corporations or in hospitals.
There are two tracks of law; civil law and criminal law. Civil law is when an individual or corporation sues another individual or corporation. Criminal law is when the county, state or federal officials prosecute an individual for breaking a criminal law such as murder, fraud, robbery, and drunk driving. Criminal law usually deals with probation, jail or prison sentences and/or payment of fines. Civil law usually deals with payments of money to the person/corporation that claims it was harmed.
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On 05/26/04
ari from GA said:
I am very interested in law. This site was very helpful. I still don't know what type of lawyer I would like to be.
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On 05/06/04
Tom from PA said:
To all prospective law students:
Making the decision to go into legals practices is very important. To all of you still in high school, get good grades. You still have 7 years of college ahead of you, and it only gets more difficult. Just remember, college is far more difficult than high school, and law school is ten times more difficult than undergrad studies. The first year you will be overwhelmed with work and your classmates will be very intelligent and will be trying their hardest to do better than you. Think about it, because if it was easy, everyone would do it.
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On 04/17/04
Shawnna from MS said:
This site is helpful to any student taking law in High School!
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On 04/06/04
BLAH from AZ said:
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN ADD ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAWYERS, AND SOME INFO ON EACH OF THEM. THIS WEBSITE IS THE BEST. THANKS A MILLION.
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On 03/30/04
Alicia from PA said:
I am very interested in becoming a layer, but the decision of what type of lawyer I want to be is holdong me back. I was just wondering if you could give me any advice!
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